Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday clarified that he knew George Soros in a "social sense", after a 15-year-old post in which he called the US businessman his "old friend" resurfaced and was widely circulated. Taking to his official X account, the Lok Sabha MP said he knew Mr Soros "well in his days as the upstanding international-minded resident of New York". "He was a friend in the social sense: I have never received or solicited a penny…

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Congress leader and Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor on Sunday clarified his old X (former Twitter) post in which he mentioned an American investor as an old friend. Tharoor said that Soros was a friend in a 'social' sense and he never received any penny from him.  "I knew Soros well in my UN days as an upstanding international-minded resident of New York. He was a friend in the social sense: I have never received or solicited a penny from him or…

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Guwahati, Dec 15 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged on Sunday that an MP from the state has links with US-based billionaire George Soros, amid the BJP’s charge against the Congress central leadership of conniving with the investor to destabilise the country.  	Sarma, however, did not mention the name or party of the MP.“An Assam MP also has links with George Soros. I don’t want to get into this controversy,” Sarma told report…

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Tharoor Soros Tweet Controversy: कांग्रेस सांसद शशि थरूर ने हाल ही में ये स्पष्ट किया कि उनका अमेरिकी निवेशक गॉर्ज सोरोस से कोई राजनीतिक या वित्तीय संबंध नहीं है. दरअसल एक पुरानी ट्वीट को लेकर सोशल मीडिया पर हो रही चर्चा के बीच थरूर ने इसे “बेहद हास्यास्पद” बताया और कहा कि ये केवल “अस्वस्थ जिज्ञास…

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Congressman Shashi Tharoor on Monday denied claims of connections to US investor George Soros, saying he “never asked a cent from him” after social media users unearthed a 15-year-old tweet in which he called the billionaire an “old friend”. , more than an investor.” Soros, 92, is a Hungarian-American hedge fund manager turned philanthropist. He […]

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