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Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from , Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Shashi Tharoor set to be conferred with France’s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, a host of party leaders congratulated him on the prestigious honour.
The French government is honouring him for his writings and speeches and French Ambassador in New Delhi Emmanuel Lenain has written to Tharoor informing him about the award.
“As one who cherishes our relations with France, loves the language and admires the culture, I am honoured to be recognized in this way. My gratitude & appreciation to those who have seen fit to award me this distinction,” Tharoor said in response to a tweet congratulating him on the award.
Thanks. As one who cherishes our relations with France, loves the language and admires the culture, I am honoured to be recognized in this way. My gratitude & appreciation to those who have seen fit to award me this distinction. @FranceinIndia https://t.co/dyy6L1sQEO
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 11, 2022
Several Congress leaders as well as Congress’s Kerala unit and the state’s Youth Congress unit also congratulated the MP from Thiruvananthapuram.
Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he is in a state of “absolute euphoria” while coming to know that Tharoor is being conferred upon the highest civilian honour of France for his “extraordinary erudition and penetrative knowledge”.
I am in a state of absolute euphoria while coming to learn that my esteemed colleague and Loksabha MP Sh @ShashiTharoor is being conferred upon the highest civilian honor of #France THE LEGION OF HONOUR for his extraordinary erudition and penetrative knowledge.
— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) August 11, 2022
Responding to Chowdhury on Twitter, Tharoor said, “Thanks a lot @adhirinc. Recognition is always welcome, and your appreciation makes it all the more valuable.”
Thanks a lot @adhirinc. Recognition is always welcome, and your appreciation makes it all the more valuable. https://t.co/ngbMdc4lsL
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 11, 2022
Congress leaders T S Singhdeo, Pradyut Bordoloi, Mohammad Jawaid, Praveen Chakravarty, and Indian Union Muslim League M K Muneer also congratulated Tharoor. Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy too took to twitter to congratulate Tharoor.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi too congratulated Shashi Tharoor in her tweet
Many congratulations @ShashiTharoor ji for your thoroughly deserved ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’, the highest civilian honour of France, in recognition of your writings and speeches.
Here’s to many more successes!— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) August 11, 2022
Congratulations @ShashiTharoor on being conferred the highest civilian award by the French government. Wishing you many more laurels!
— Oommen Chandy (@Oommen_Chandy) August 11, 2022
Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot to tweeted his congratulations to Tharoor
Many Congratulations @ShashiTharoor on being conferred the ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’, Legion Of Honour- France’s highest civilian award.
Keep up the good work! 👍— Sachin Pilot (@SachinPilot) August 11, 2022
