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Following media reports that helium had been nominated for the Veer Savarkar International Impact Award-2025, elder Congress person and MP Shashi Tharoor connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) said that successful the lack of clarifications astir its quality and the organisation presenting the award, the question of his accepting it did not arise.
The non-governmental organisation High Range Rural Development Society has instituted the award.
Through his X handle, helium said: “I person travel to cognize from media reports that I person been named a recipient of the ‘Veer Savarkar Award’, which is to beryllium presented contiguous successful Delhi. I lone learned astir this announcement yesterday successful Kerala, wherever I had gone to ballot successful the section self-government elections.”
I person travel to cognize from media reports that I person been named a recipient of the "Veer Savarkar Award," which is to beryllium presented contiguous successful Delhi.
I lone learned astir this announcement yesterday successful Kerala, wherever I had gone to ballot successful the section self-government elections.
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“There successful Thiruvananthapuram, responding to media queries, I had clarified that I was neither alert of, nor had accepted, specified an grant and it was irresponsible connected the portion of the organisers to denote my sanction without my having agreed to person it,” helium said.
He added: “Despite that, contiguous successful Delhi, immoderate media outlets proceed to inquire the aforesaid question. Therefore, I americium issuing this connection to clarify the substance unequivocally. In the lack of clarifications astir the quality of the award, the organisation presenting it oregon immoderate different contextual details, the question of my attending the lawsuit contiguous oregon accepting the grant does not arise.”
