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A day after Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor shared a picture with six women MPs while asking âwho says Lok Sabha is not an attractive place,â he has shared an accompanying photo. The first photo had received backlash, with many terming it as sexist, and the MP had later tweeted a clarification.
Tharoor is surrounded by male MPs in Tuesdayâs photo. âMore comradeship in Parliament as MPs assemble this morning, but no one expects these to go viralâŚ. Though I am an equal-opportunity offender!â Tharoor joked in the tweet.
However, netizens seem to leave no stones unturned to slam the legislator. Many asked him why that particular photo is not termed as attractive and some found it as âdamage controlâ.
Mondayâs photo featured Tharoor with Supriya Sule, Preneet Kaur, Thamizhachi Thangapandian, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan and Jothimani. He shared the photo and wrote, âWho says the Lok Sabha isnât an attractive place to work?â. He later apologized and called it a âshow of workplace camaraderieâ. âThe whole selfie thing was done (at the women MPsâ initiative) in great good humour & it was they who asked me to tweet it in the same spirit. I am sorry some people are offended but i was happy to be roped in to this show of workplace camaraderie. Thatâs all this is,â wrote Tharoor.
The photos were tweeted during the Parliamentâs Winter Session. Opposition parties staged a walkout in Lok Sabha over governmentâs reluctance to discuss farmersâ issues on November 30. The 25-day Winter Session of Parliament commenced on November 29 and Farm Laws were repealed last day without discussion.
