Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday slammed the BJP after the US rejected the ruling party's allegations that elRamesh claimed that this clearly refers to the so-called "buffer zones" to which our troops and livestock herders are "denied access" that they previously had. "These statements taken together suggest that the MEA is accepting a settlement that does not return the LAC to the April 2020 status quo as desired by the Army and the nation.ements in the American "deep state" were behind attempts to destabilise India and said this "attack-dog" behaviour is an embarrassment to India. Reacting to Tharoor, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju accused Tharoor is in the payroll of Soros. In a post in X, Tharoor said, "It's clear the BJP neither understands democracy nor diplomacy. They are so blinded by petty politics that they forget the value of a free press and vibrant independent civil society organisations in a democracy, and they are oblivious to a ruling party's responsibilities in maintaining good relations with key foreign countries." "This attack-dog behaviour is an embarrassment to India," the former Minister of State posted.