I am the one with propel my face: Shashi Tharoor on his 2022 base on Russia-Ukraine battle

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in the nation’s parliament, was among one of the most singing challengers of the position India had actually tackled the Russia-Ukraine battle back in 2022 when the dispute started.

Now, over 3 years down the line, he confessed at the Raisina Dialogue online forum that it appears like he has propel his face from taking that placement.

In 2022, Tharoor had actually implicated the federal government of going quiet on the Russia-Ukraine battle.

“Russia is a friend and there could be some legitimate security concerns but for India to go suddenly silent on it will be seen as a disappointment by Ukraine and its friends. It’s a pity that India has gone silent,” he had actually stated.

“Egg on my face”

At Raisina Dialogue 2025, Tharoor was asked whether, offered the state of play now with Russia-Ukraine battle and United States President Donald Trump’s placement, he rejoiced that India took the placement it did?

Tharoor responde, “I’m still wiping the egg off my face because I was the one person in the parliamentary debate who actually criticised the Indian position back in February 2022 on the grounds that there was a violation of the UN Charter– that there had been a violation for the principle of the inviolability of borders, of the sovereignty of a member state, namely Ukraine, and that we had always stood for the inadmissibility of the use of force to settle International disputes and all of those principles. I said these have been violated by one party and we should have condemned it.”

Tharoor took place to confess, “Three years later, it does look like I’m the one that got egg on my face because clearly, the policy has meant that India has actually a prime minister who can hug both the president of Ukraine and the president of Russia two weeks apart.”

He highlighted that because of that plan, India remains in a placement where it can make a distinction to an enduring tranquility.

“Distance helps. The fact that we’re not in Europe and we’re not directly one way or the other threatened, and that we don’t benefit from any change in territorial borders, for example, that helps.”

Will India send out peacekeepers to Ukraine?

Tharoor was likewise asked whether it was feasible that India would certainly send out peacekeepers to conflict-hit areas, consisting of Ukraine.

He discussed that that choice would certainly hinge on a selection of variables.

“The fact that the two parties seem to be ready to agree to peace, the fact that there would presumably be some very serious International backing for an international peacekeeping venture– All of those things have to be borne in mind. For an Indian government person making such a decision, those considerations would really have to be uppermost before they say yes or no.”

However, he did emanate positive outlook relating to the issue. “I can see it entirely possible that in these circumstances that India would say yes.”

He took place to state that India has actually obtained a quarter of a million peacekeepers around the globe in its background. New Delhi has actually joined some 49 peacekeeping goals, he stated. “So this is a country with an extensive record of having gone out to places far removed from India’s direct interest in order to serve the cause of peace. So why not?”