This is the second time when Shashi Tharoor's tweet has got him in the light. Earlier Tharoor was in the dirt for tweeting that he would travel "cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows!".
"Cattle Class" was apparently linked to members of the public who travelled in the economy class. The comment came off when the Government of India were head over heels on the austerity drive.
Tharoor's latest tweet was against his own government’s decision to tighten visa rules.
The home ministry had issued a directive last week that those visiting India on long-term multi-entry tourist visas must henceforth maintain a two-month gap between one departure and the following entry into the country. The directive followed the revelation that David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested in the US for their terror links, repeatedly visited Mumbai and other Indian cities on tourist visas before the 26/11 attack last year.
He tweeted: “Dilemma of our age: tough visa restrictions in hope of btr security or openness & liberality to encourage tourism & goodwill? I prefer latter.”
He went on to note that “the 26/11 killers had no visas”.
Obviously, India has not caught up Twitter yet. You most probably read this off the Facebook Fan page.
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