Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on 22 July dismissed former Lok Sabha MP and senior Congress leader K. Muraleedharan’s criticism questioning his loyalty, amid rising tensions within the Kerala Congress. The clash follows Tharoor sharing a survey naming him the UDF’s top CM choice. Muraleedharan, irked by the post, took a veiled swipe, suggesting Tharoor must first “decide which party he belongs to.”