Pegasus | Shashi Tharoor, Dubey spar over Parliamentary panel meet

While the Congress MP tweeted with Bernard Shaw's quote — ‘... never to wrestle with a pig, the BJP hits out says Tharoor is known for his "acute psychological disorder and disorientation”.

The parliamentary standing committee on information technology saw a battle of letters play out with its head Shashi Tharoor urging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take action over Ministry officials' and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey shooting off a missive to Mr. Birla calling for the Congress leader's removal as the panel's chairperson. Mr. Dubey in his letter, also alleged that Mr. Tharoor is known for his "eccentric nature" as well as "acute psychological disorder and disorientation", while the Congress leader later tweeted, without naming anyone, that he doesn't want to respond to "uncouth and obnoxious comments" and cited a quote from Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw — "I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." In his letter to the speaker, Mr. Tharoor said the action of representatives of three ministries constitutes "breach of parliamentary privilege and contempt of the House". The committee was expected to discuss the in its last meeting which did not take place due to lack of quorum