New Delhi, April 18: The crucial meeting of the Congress’ Core Committee held against the backdrop of Minister of State of External Affairs Shashi Tharoor’s alleged involvement in an ugly IPL row ended Sunday evening.
The nearly two-hour meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s House at 7, Race Course Road, was convened to decide the party’s action on Tharoor’s future in the government.
However, there was no official word about what transpired in the meeting.
Besides Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her political advisor Ahmed Patel, Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A.K. Antony were among those attending the meet.
Earlier in the day, Tharoor met the prime minister for 50 minutes to present his side of the story over the IPL controversy involving him and close friend Sunanda Pushkar.
–Agencies