Tharoor Backs Digvijaya Singh’s RSS Remark, Says ‘Discipline Should Be In Our Organisation’

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor seemingly backed the Digvijaya Singh's RSS statement and said that there is a need for discipline in Congress.

Amid the ongoing debate over internal differences within the Congress party after senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh publicly praised the organisational strength of the BJP and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday seemingly backed the senior party leader's statement and said that there is a need for discipline in Congress.

Reacting to a reporter’s question about Digvijaya Singh praising the organisational strength of the RSS, Tharoor said, "Even I want our organisation to strengthen. There should be discipline in our organisation. Digvijaya Singh can speak for himself."

Singh shared a throwback photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the mid-1990s. The image shows a young Modi, then a BJP worker, sitting on the floor near senior leader LK Advani during a public event in Gujarat. Singh described the photograph as “impactful” and highlighted Modi’s rise from a grassroots worker to Chief Minister and eventually Prime Minister.

“I found this picture on Quora. It is very impactful. How an RSS grassroots swayamsevak and a Jana Sangh/BJP worker, who once sat on the floor at the feet of leaders, went on to become the Chief Minister of a state and the Prime Minister of the country. This is the power of organisation. Jai Siya Ram,” Singh wrote on X.