The latter event, which took place at the humbler Press Club of India, featured Ashok discussing her book with The Wire’s Jahnavi Sen. Notably, Jairam Ramesh, the Congress communications head and Tharoor’s party colleague, chose to attend the latter as a member of the audience. When the Congress expressed its ire, the minister said that she was not the doctor who performed those surgeries. Her “apolitical” visit to the Zubeen Garg Memorial to pay her respect to the singer-composer received traction. Political observers, however, said that it will take more such visits by Gandhi Vadra to sustain the momentum.

Source: The Telegraph February 22, 2026 04:44 UTC