Thiruvananthapuram: Politician Shashi Tharoor’s session on The Prime Minister: Accidental or Paradoxical opened to a large gathering at the Nishagandhi auditorium on the penultimate day of the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL2019).

Moderating the session, noted journalist Manu Joseph began by asking Shashi Tharoor on why people would not vote for the Modi Government in the upcoming elections.  Shashi Tharoor said that Modi had failed to deliver  after coming to power  within the first 6 months and had only made liberal promises which he did not fulfil.

Speaking about his latest book The Accidental Prime Minister, Shashi Tharoor said that the book is a stocktaking of the Prime Minister and is divided into 5 sections namely, Profile, Modification of India, Governance, section on Economics and on foreign policy. Tharoor pointed out that Modi has not raised the image of India across the world.

To Manu Joseph’s question on the 3 things that Tharoor likes about Modi, he said that Modi has risen to the highest office from a humble beginning. Secondly, Modi’s tireless energy and thirdly his oratory skills in Hindi.

Shashi Tharoor praised Congress president Rahul Gandhi  for his extraordinary reading which many people were not aware of.