Shashi Tharoor was injured when the hook of a weighing scale came off and its iron panel hit his head
Nirmala Sitharaman visits Shashi Tharoor in hospital. Pic/Shashi Tharoor's Twitter
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday visited Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is in the hospital after suffering head injuries while performing a ritual at a temple. Shashi Tharoor is the Thiruvananthapuram MP and party candidate in the April 23 Lok Sabha polls. He was injured when the hook of a weighing scale came off and its iron panel hit his head during the "Thulabharam" ritual.
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He was admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical college hospital on Monday and is expected to be discharged later on Tuesday. The former union minister later tweeted, "Touched by the gesture of @nsitharaman, who dropped by today morning to visit me in the hospital, amid her hectic electioneering in Kerala. Civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics - great to see her practice it by example!".
Touched by the gesture of @nsitharaman, who dropped by today morning to visit me in the hospital, amid her hectic electioneering in Kerala. Civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics - great to see her practice it by example! pic.twitter.com/XqbLf1iCR5
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 16, 2019
'Thulabharam' is a Hindu ritual in which a person is weighed against a commodity such as flowers, grains, fruits and similar articles in temples and the equal value or quantity is offered a donation. Monday being the Malayalam new year day ('Vishu'), Tharoor performed the ritual by offering sugar equal to his weight in the morning before embarking on his poll campaign. Sitharaman had reached Kerala Monday night and held a roadshow at Thiruvananthapuram along with BJP candidate Kummanam Rajashekaran along the coastal stretch, besides addressing a campaign meeting at Attingal for Shobha Surendran.
C Divakaran, the CPI and left front candidate, who is opposing Tharoor, also visited him at the hospital. "Very gracious of my LDF rival C Divakaran to call this morning to express concern about my well-being. Said he had spoken to the Hospital Superintendent to assure himself I would be ok," Tharoor said. Divakaran asked Tharoor not to be demoralised, "I'm not: I'm more determined than ever to see this through!" Tharoor said.
Very gracious of my LDF rival C.Divakaran to call this morning to express concern about my well-being. Said he had spoken to the Hospital Superintendent to assure himself I would be ok. “Don’t be demoralised”, he added. I’m not: I’m more determined than ever to see this through!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 16, 2019
The Thiruvananthapuram constituency is witnessing a fierce triangular fight among the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF, Opposition Congress-led UDF and BJP-led NDA.
(with inputs from agencies)
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