New Delhi, April 18: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are meeting here this evening to decide on the issue of continuance of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor in the government against the backdrop of the IPL Kochi ownership controversy.
The Congress Core Group headed by Gandhi, who is also the UPA Chairperson, would be meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence to take a call on Tharoor’s fate, party sources said. Singh returned from his two-nation tour yesterday.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A K Antony, Home Minister P Chidambaram and Political Secretary to Congress President Ahmed Patel are other members of the key group which deals with major issues.
The party has already distanced itself from Tharoor on the IPL issue, saying it was for him to explain.
–PTI