It’s offensive: Shashi Tharoor pulls out of UK event over quarantine rules for Indians

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said he is pulling out of an event in the United Kingdom after the country declared that fully vaccinated Indians will still have to undergo quarantine.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said he is pulling out of an event in the United Kingdom after the country declared that fully vaccinated Indians will still have to undergo quarantine upon landing there. Because of this I have pulled out of a debate at the @cambridgeunion &out of launch events for the UK edition of my book #TheBattleOfBelonging (published there as #TheStruggleForIndiasSoul). It is offensive to ask fully vaccinated Indians to quarantine. The Brits are reviewing! https://t.co/YEVy3Ez5dj

In a tweet, Shashi Tharoor said on Monday, “Because of this I have pulled out of a debate at the @cambridgeunion & out of launch events for the UK edition of my book #TheBattleOfBelonging (published there as #TheStruggleForIndiasSoul). It is offensive to ask fully vaccinated Indians to quarantine. The Brits are reviewing!”