Published Thu, Apr 15 10 06:55 PM
New Delhi, April 15 (PTI) Beleaguered Minister for State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi amidst indications that he may get a reprieve at least, for the time being. Tharoor, battling allegations that he had misused authority to help his friend Sunanda Pushkar to get ''free'' equity of the value of Rs 70 crore in IPL Kochi franchise, had a "brief" meeting with Gandhi. There was no official word on the meeting but the minister is understood to have explained his side of the version of the whole controversy in his first meeting with the party chief since the row broke out. Party sources said that Tharoor may get a respite in the matter, at least for the time being, in the backdrop of accusations that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi had got together to take the Kochi bid away to Ahemdabad. "How can we take any action at a time when the BJP will get the advantage and put us in a tight spot?," remarked a party leader on condition of anonymity. The strategy of Congress about Tharoor appeared to be to give the minister the benefit of doubt on the principle of ''innocent till found guilty''. "Let all facts come out, then the party will react," said Party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed to a volley of questions at the AICC briefing, reflecting the line of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is currently abroad. .
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