Shashi Tharoor falls for Sumitra Mahajan death hoax, BJP says former Lok Sabha speaker absolutely fine Congress MP Shashi Tharoor retracted a tweet on Thursday in which he mistakenly expressed condolences to the family of former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan after the BJP pointed out that the veteran parliamentarian is absolutely fine. advertisement File photos of former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor HIGHLIGHTS Veteran BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan is the longest-serving woman Member of Parliament I wonder what motivates people to invent and spread such evil news that takes in people, said Shashi Tharoor