The BJP has launched a fierce attack on the Congress after the party distanced itself from MP Shashi Tharoor's praise of PM Narendra Modi's speech at the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture. BJP's spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala accused the Congress of attacking Tharoor and reminded it of an earlier instance when it had issued a "fatwa" (a decree or edict implying intolerance), when the Thirivananthapuram MP praised BJP veteran LK Advani.

Referring to the Congress as the "Indira Nazi Congress", Poonawalla said it couldn't tolerate anyone praising PM Modi or taking a stand for national interest over family interests. He recalled how Shashi Tharoor faced a "fatwa" from the party for previously praising LK Advani and writing against dynasty politics .

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