Indian Parliament Member Says It's Time For His Party To Reflect On Defeat
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Shashi Tharoor is pictured at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit, held in New Delhi in 2009. (World Economic Forum)
Shashi Tharoor is a member of India’s Parliament and its outgoing government, where he served as Minister of State for Human Resource Development.
Tharoor has won reelection, but his party, the Congress party, just suffered a historic defeat in elections.
He discusses the election results and what they mean for his party and India, with Here & Now’s Sacha Pfeiffer.
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- Shashi Tharoor, a member of India’s Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram and the outgoing Minister of State for Human Resource Development. He tweets @ShashiTharoor.
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