In a move that is being universally regarded as a political masterstroke, the Congress today finally packed up Shashi Tharoor in a carton, and left him in front of the BJP office as a Pongal gift.
The BJP office at 11, Ashoka Road was witness to some pensive moments as the party workers tried to make sense of the curious delivery. ‘We thought it was a bomb or something at first…,’ said a dejected party worker. ‘…but alas, it wasn’t.’
Commenting on the issue, party spokesperson Manish Tiwary clarified that all possible alternatives had been explored prior to this extreme step of giving up the controversial Minister of State for External Affairs for adoption. ‘We didn’t understand most of the stuff he said in his weird accent anyway, but we still put up with him for all these months,’ explained Mr. Tiwary. ‘We even tried hiding his handset a few times, but the opposition kept gifting him new ones every week.’
‘Returning festival gifts is not as easy as it sounds; we have to take care of his constituency’s sentiments,’ said a reflective BJP spokesperson, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad. ‘Besides, he’s been no trouble at all. He’s been glued to his phone ever since we unpacked him.’
Emerging from his makeshift accommodation, a visibly disoriented Mr. Tharoor said ‘I was blissfully imbibing my morning cuppa tea when suddenly, out of nowhere, Tiwary and that Singhvi dude crawled up from behind me, and put a bla…’, but stopped abruptly after 140 characters.
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