Congress core committee meets to decide Tharoor’s fate

By IANS,

New Delhi: Hours after Minister of State of External Affairs Shashi Tharoor met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a meeting of the Congress party’s core committee is taking place Sunday evening to decide on his future in the government.


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The meeting is being held at the Prime Minister’s House at 7, Race Course Road, and started around 7 p.m.

Besides Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and Defence Minister A.K. Antony are among those attending the meet.

Earlier in the day, Tharoor met the prime minister for 50 minutes to present his side of the story over the IPL controversy involving him and close friend Sunanda Pushkar.

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