Shashi Tharoor sacked by Congress

New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, a parliamentarian from Kerala, has been removed from the post of party spokesperson, the Congress announced Monday.

"Congress President Sonia Gandhi has accepted recommendation of AICC (All India Congress Committee) disciplinary committee to remove Shashi Tharoor from the list of spokespersons of the AICC with immediate effect," it said.

Tharoor, a Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram constituency, was a union minister in the erstwhile Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.