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Shashi Tharoor and Milind Deora Engage in Political Wordplay Over Panama Earthquakes
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Moneycontrol•17-10-2026, 11:05
Shashi Tharoor and Milind Deora Engage in Political Wordplay Over Panama Earthquakes
- •Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora engaged in a social media exchange on X, using earthquake tremors in Panama to make political jibes.
- •Tharoor suggested that Deora's allies might be feeling the ground shake in India, to which Deora countered by referencing tectonic shifts in the Opposition's pecking order.
- •Milind Deora had previously left the Congress in January 2024 to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, criticizing his former party's leadership.
- •The social media banter coincided with political protests in Delhi by opposition and student groups demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner.
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The exchange was triggered when Milind Deora posted on X about experiencing earthquake tremors during a visit to Panama. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor responded by quipping that Deora's political allies back in India might be the ones feeling the ground shake underneath them.
Milind Deora left the Congress party in January 2024 to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Upon his departure, he criticized Congress as being suffocating and toxic.
Protesters gathered in Delhi to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and a halt to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The demonstrations coincided with heightened security and prohibitory orders enforced by the Delhi Police.
