Beyond Politics: Internet Praises Bonhomie Between ‘Rivals’ Shashi Tharoor & Nirmala Sitharaman

Politicians of different parties rarely get along with each other, at least on camera. Political bickering is a norm these days given the election season. Congress leader and candidate Shashi Tharoor was injured on Monday during a religious ritual at a temple in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram. A day later, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid a visit to the Congress leader and this gesture proves there is life beyond politics.

Touched by the gesture, Tharoor posted the image of the defence minister greeting him in the hospital.

“Touched by the gesture of @nsitharaman, who dropped by today morning to visit me in the hospital, amid her hectic electioneering in Kerala. Civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics – great to see her practice it by example!(sic),” wrote Shashi Tharoor.