T’puram: At a time when the status of Shashi Tharoor‘s relationship with his own party remains uncertain, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan has said the party has decided to keep the Thiruvananthapuram MP away from its functions in the state capital, from where Tharoor was elected for four consecutive terms.“It is up to the party high command to decide whether to take action against him or not. But we have decided that he should be kept away from all the party functions in Thiruvananthapuram,” said Muraleedharan. In response, Tharoor said he had “nothing to comment”.The state leadership has been distancing itself from Tharoor ever since he started defying the AICC leadership’s directive. Despite his criticisms against former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi on the incidents that occurred during the Emergency, AICC has not responded strongly against him yet.It is at this juncture that the state leaders of the party have declared an “unofficial” ban on Tharoor for the party functions. He was not even invited for the campaigning for the Nilambur by-election last month.
