Shashi Tharoor to be honoured with France’s highest civilian award; wishes pour in

• PTI
• 11 August, 2022

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With senior Indian politician and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor set to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, a host of leaders from his party, the Indian National Congress, congratulated him on the prestigious honour.

The French government is honouring Tharoor, a former diplomat at the United Nations, for his writings and speeches. French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain has written to Tharoor informing him about the award.

“As one who cherishes our relations with France, loves the language and admires the culture, I am honoured to be recognized in this way. My gratitude & appreciation to those who have seen fit to award me this distinction,” Tharoor said in response to a tweet congratulating him on the award.

Thanks. As one who cherishes our relations with France, loves the language and admires the culture, I am honoured to be recognized in this way. My gratitude & appreciation to those who have seen fit to award me this distinction. @FranceinIndia https://t.co/dyy6L1sQEO

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 11, 2022

Several Congress leaders as well as the Congress’s Kerala unit and the state’s Youth Congress unit congratulated the parliamentarian from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the southern state.

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said in a tweet that he was in a state of “absolute euphoria” while coming to know that Tharoor is being conferred upon the highest civilian honour of France for his “extraordinary erudition and penetrative knowledge”.

I am in a state of absolute euphoria while coming to learn that my esteemed colleague and Loksabha MP Sh @ShashiTharoor is being conferred upon the highest civilian honor of #France THE LEGION OF HONOUR for his extraordinary erudition and penetrative knowledge.

— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) August 11, 2022

Responding to Chowdhury on Twitter, Tharoor said, “Thanks a lot @adhirinc. Recognition is always welcome, and your appreciation makes it all the more valuable.”

Thanks a lot @adhirinc. Recognition is always welcome, and your appreciation makes it all the more valuable. https://t.co/ngbMdc4lsL

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 11, 2022

Congress leaders T S Singhdeo, Pradyut Bordoloi, Mohammad Jawaid, Praveen Chakravarty, and Indian Union Muslim League M K Muneer also congratulated Tharoor.

The veteran leader thanked several of them who praised him for the honour.