Overview
- Shashi Tharoor shared a White House video of President Donald Trump meeting New York mayor-designate Zohran Mamdani to press for post-election cooperation in India.
- He wrote that parties should contest fiercely during campaigns then work together once voters have delivered their verdict.
- BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala mocked Congress in response and asked whether Rahul Gandhi would take the cue.
- Senior Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit called Tharoor a hypocrite and questioned why he remains in the party.
- The US exchange featured Trump publicly praising Mamdani’s prospective tenure, while Mamdani said he would work with the White House on New York’s priorities.