Congress Working Committee Member and MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday missed an important meeting of the Congress's strategic group, led by Sonia Gandhi, regarding the winter session of Parliament.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Tharoor's office stated that he was in Kerala and was travelling back with his 90-year-old mother by a later flight, it is important to note due to campaigning in the local body elections, General Secretary of the Congress, K.C. Venugopal, was also unable to reach Delhi for the meeting today. India News | Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Skips Crucial Meeting of Party for Second Time.