News Update : 'Standards should not be lowered': How Tharoor reacted to Kharge's Gujarat remark - TOI NEWS DESK

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks about Kerala voters being "educated and clever" and unlike those in Gujarat have drawn sharp criticism from the BJP. Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor responded by urging a higher standard of political discourse, stating that "our standards should not be lowered to that of those who use bad language." Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's remarks about Kerala voters being "educated and clever" and unlike those in Gujarat have drawn sharp criticism from the BJP. Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor responded by urging a higher standard of political discourse, stating that "our standards should not be lowered to that of those who use bad language." Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/standards-should-not-be-lowered-how-tharoor-reacted-to-kharges-people-illiterate-in-gujarat-remark/articleshow/130088311.cms Date: 2026-04-07T13:29:14.000Z