Shashi Tharoor posts ‘clarification’ after his chat with Supriya Sule in LS sparks memes

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter today, to post an explanation about ‘what his conversation with Supriya sule was’ in the Lok Sabha. The senior Parliamentarian caught the attention of eagle-eyed netizens as a video of his conversation with NCP MP Supriya Sule went viral on social media, sparking wave of memes. The short clip that circulated on social media showed both Parliamentarians engaged in a chat session while National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah gave speech on Ukraine crisis.

In the video, Throor was seen leaning over his chair to the NCP MP. This is what netizens took note of and kept posting comments, enquiring to know what they were chatting about. Series of memes also surfaced.

Following this, Tharoor took to Twitter to explain that it was about a policy question as she was about to speak next.

For all those who’ve been enjoying themselves at @supriyaSule‘s &my expense over our brief exchange in the Lok Sabha, she was asking me a policy question because she was about to speak next. She was speaking softly so as not to disturb FarooqSahib, so i leaned over to hear her.?

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 7, 2022

“For all those who’ve been enjoying themselves at @supriyaSule’s &my expense over our brief exchange in the Lok Sabha, she was asking me a policy question because she was about to speak next. She was speaking softly so as not to disturb FarooqSahib, so i leaned over to hear her,” he tweeted.

Tharoor has also received huge support from people over his ‘clarification’ with many lauding him for taking it in sporting spirit.

Just have a laugh, sir
Reminded everyone of their time in the sun as backbenchers..when someone was droning on..from the first benchhttps://t.co/zKlakwfk5b

— Lakshmi Prashanth (@lakshmiprashan7) April 7, 2022

What triggered meme fest

While the video of Tharoor circulated on Twitter, it had a music of chartbuster track from Pushpa playing in the background.

A look at some memes that went viral

Shashi Tharoor teaching us that work life balance is important pic.twitter.com/yDflm544OF

— AIl India Memes (@allindiamemes) April 6, 2022

pic.twitter.com/1lpGIOIV4h

— azad kumar (@azadkumarazad) April 7, 2022