'Check out popular fiction in India': Tharoor's swipe at government over tackling Covid

New Delhi, May 20 Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a dig at the government by posting a picture seemingly from a shop where the book ‘A Nation to Protect’, chronicling its response to the Covid pandemic, is displayed...

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Updated At : 11:27 PM May 20, 2022 IST

New Delhi, May 20

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a dig at the government by posting a picture seemingly from a shop where the book ‘A Nation to Protect’, chronicling its response to the Covid pandemic, is displayed in the “popular fiction” segment.

“Check out #PopularFiction in India these days!” Tharoor tweeted along with the picture.

The book authored by Priyam Gandhi-Mody has Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its cover page and gives an account of the central government’s response to the Covid-19.

Tharoor also took a swipe at the government by comparing the prices of food items during the current NDA rule and the UPA era.

“One more difference between the UPA era & the NDA: you feel it daily!” Tharoor tweeted with the hashtag inflation.

He shared a list of food items such as rice, wheat, sugar, tomato and onion with their prices in 2014 and 2022.

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