'No Trust Left': Shashi Tharoor Slams LDF Govt In Kerala, Accuses BJP Of Communal Politics

Last Updated:February 01, 2026, 17:42 IST

Attacking LDF over corruption, Shashi Tharoor accused the BJP of playing communal politics in Kerala.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (File pic/PTI)

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday slammed the ruling Left Democratic Party (LDF)in Kerala and stated that people have no trust left in the alliance because of the corruption ahead of the state Assembly elections. Tharoor further accused the BJP of playing communal politics in the state.

“We are the alternative party to the government; people have no trust in the LDF government because of corruption, while BJP is playing communal politics," Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was quoted as saying by news agency PTI on the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.

Shashi Tharoor on Budget

Tharoor on Sunday expressed his disappointment with the Union Budget, saying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman “seems to have missed the ball".

In an interview with PTI, Tharoor said Sitharaman’s Budget speech seemed to have “lots of subheadings but very few specifics", and was “completely short" of an overall vision.

As a Kerala MP, Tharoor said, he had nothing to be happy about in this Budget.

Asked whether the finance minister has “hit it out of the park" or “missed the ball completely and been stumped", Tharoor said, “I don’t know if she’s been stumped yet, but she certainly seems to have missed the ball. In one or two places, she may have got edges, but I’m not quite sure that we’ve got anything off the meat of the bat so far."

(With PTI inputs)

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