Post date: Jan 22, 2014 2:44:32 PM
India's ruling Congress party backs junior education minister Shashi Tharoor and asserts that there is no question of the minister resigning from his post in connection with the recent death of his wifeSunanda Pushkar.
NEW DELHI, INDIA (JANUARY 22, 2014) (ANI) - India's ruling Congress party on Wednesday (January 22) backed junior education ministerShashi Tharoor and asserted that there is no question of the minister resigning from his post in connection with the recent death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Sunanda, 52, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room in New Delhi on January 17. The doctors who conducted the autopsy on her body have, in a preliminary report, said that she died an unnatural, sudden death.A three-member team of doctors at India's premier specialty hospital in New Delhi submitted the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar on January 20 to the Sub Divisional Magistrate probing her death.
The three-member team at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) headed by Dr. Sudhir Gupta had conducted the post mortem which was also video recorded.
Few days ago, the Tharoor couple was involved in a Twitter controversy with a Pakistani woman journalist, Mehr Tarar. Sunanda had accused the Pakistani journalist of stalking her husband and trying to destroy her marriage.
A leader of India's ruling Congress party, Randeep Singh Surjewala said that there is no reason for Tharoor to resign.
"Once there is no charge of any nature, nobody is alleging any role of Shashi Tharoor. Why should he resign? An unfortunate incident has happened. We all regret it," said Surjewala.
Meanwhile, Surjewala also lashed out at Delhi-ruling Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party for disrupting normal life in Delhi for nearly 48 hours with their protest.
Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members launched a sit-in protest on January 20 after the federal government rejected their demand to suspend police officers for dereliction of duties in an alleged drugs and sex racket case.
"They perhaps need to look within. They also need to take a call of conscience to see whether it is in tune of their professed policies or whether they need to rewrite and reshape their commitment, their philosophies and their path in the service of the common man," added Surjewala.
The row began after Delhi's Law Minister Somnath Bharti was filmed arguing with police during a midnight raid in a neighbourhood popular with African immigrants. Police refused to search a house the minister claimed was being used as a brothel, saying they did not have a warrant to go in.
Four Ugandan women living in New Delhi had accused the city's law minister and his supporters of mistreatment and illegal detention after local residents claimed the women were part of a prostitution and drugs racket.
However, Kejriwal called off the protest on Tuesday (January 21) after Delhi Lieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung partially agreed to demands raised by Delhi-ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Jung assured a judicial probe into the matter and agreed to send the concerned policemen on leave till the time inquiry is being conducted.