New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor again praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, saying he leaves a "positive impression" during his foreign visits and that he does a "right thing" in which ever country he travels.
Mr Tharoor, a former Minister of State for External affairs who has earned his party's wrath before for his praise of PM Modi, however, said, there has been no change on India's foreign policy front as the prime minister has been pursuing the ones framed by the previous UPA government.
"The personal energy that Mr Modi has brought to the diplomacy....he has visited 24 countries in last one year...
"Other thing we should acknowledge that he has done something in which I had criticised Indian governments in the past enough of leveraging our soft power rather than nearly take it for granted," the Congress MP said, citing instances like the International Yoga Day.
He also said that the prime minister has taken a stand different from BJP on some key diplomatic issues.
Mr Tharoor's appreciative statements on Modi came against the backdrop of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's relentless campaign against the contentious land acquisition bill and also his attacks on the prime minister on a range of issues.
Mr Tharoor's praise of PM Modi quite a few times was frowned upon by Congress. Mr Tharoor had also accepted the Prime Minister's invitation to join the 'Clean India' campaign.
Mr Tharoor, a former Minister of State for External affairs who has earned his party's wrath before for his praise of PM Modi, however, said, there has been no change on India's foreign policy front as the prime minister has been pursuing the ones framed by the previous UPA government.
"The personal energy that Mr Modi has brought to the diplomacy....he has visited 24 countries in last one year...
"Other thing we should acknowledge that he has done something in which I had criticised Indian governments in the past enough of leveraging our soft power rather than nearly take it for granted," the Congress MP said, citing instances like the International Yoga Day.
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He also said that the prime minister has taken a stand different from BJP on some key diplomatic issues.
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Mr Tharoor's appreciative statements on Modi came against the backdrop of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's relentless campaign against the contentious land acquisition bill and also his attacks on the prime minister on a range of issues.
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Mr Tharoor's praise of PM Modi quite a few times was frowned upon by Congress. Mr Tharoor had also accepted the Prime Minister's invitation to join the 'Clean India' campaign.
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