Shashi Tharoor's turn in fiery exchange with Jyotiraditya Scindia over flights

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As the war of words between senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia over flight delays and cancellations at the Delhi airport continued, the former on Thursday slammed Scindia and said he did not need an "esoteric thesaurus" to respond to him...

The development comes after Scindia on Wednesday countered Tharoor's criticism concerning the recent chaotic situation at the Delhi airport, triggered by dense fog and bad weather conditions..

In response to Scindia's post, stating that runway maintenance work is a critical safety element for aviation operations, Tharoor said, "Runway maintenance work is indeed critical for safety..

Further, on Scindia's post related to the positioning of a crane, Tharoor said, "Ah, your Ministry finally noticed the crane's "impact on the runway"!.

In the last thread, Tharoor shared scenes of chaos from the Delhi airport, and wrote, "My dear Scindia, it's a pity that since switching sides you have adopted the Modi Governments uncaring attitude to the public..

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