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Asks what was the urgency in reporting with confirming
New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday (April 23), in an official statement asked what the hurry was to report her death without confirmation.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had tweeted condolences but later deleted his tweet after Mahajan’s niece and BJP leaders revealed that she was still alive and healthy.
While speaking to the media, she said, “How could news channels run a report on my so called demise without even cross checking with the Indore administration? My niece refuted Mr. Tharoor on Twitter but what was the urgency in announcing without confirmation?”