New Delhi: Day after accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of not doing anything in the wake of violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and comparing him to eunuchs for “wanting power without responsibilities", Congress leader Shashi Tharoor issued an apology on Twitter.
#TharoorOnNews18 – Mr. Kejriwal really wants power without responsibility, which we all know has been the prerogative of eunuchs for ages: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor)Watch #NewsEpicentre with @maryashakil. #CitizenshipShowdown pic.twitter.com/WhcP5paCAt? News18 (@CNNnews18) January 13, 2020
There was massive outrage on Twitter after Tharoor’s remarks, with many users saying the comments were unacceptable.
While he apologised for the comments in a tweet on Tuesday morning, he regretted only the use of the line “power without responsibility" and did not mention the eunuch reference.
Apologies to those who found my quote about "power without responsibility" offensive. It's an old line from British politics, going back to Kipling & PrimeMinister Stanley Baldwin, &most recently used by Tom Stoppard. I recognize that its use today was inappropriate &withdraw it.? Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 13, 2020
Tharoor has been taking potshots at Kejriwal ever since violence broke out in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on January 5.
In a tweet on Friday, the Congress leader had questioned why the Delhi chief minister is not standing up for citizens’ rights to protest.
“The police may have been acting (or not) on orders, but who ordered the Delhi CM not to stand up for citizens’ rights to protest? Not to visit the injured? Not to object as campuses in his state became centres of carnage? Not all blame can be so easily deflected," Tharoor said in a tweet on Friday.
Later, speaking to media persons, he had said, “Once during the time of Sheila Dikshit you (Kejriwal) had tweeted that do we want a weak CM, you should go and read that same tweet today."
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