Reportedly, thiruvananthapuram Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court issued an arrest warrant against india NATIONAL CONGRESS' target='_blank' title='congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>congress leader and thiruvananthapuram mp shashi tharoor as he appeared for a hearing, reports Mathrubhumi. Earlier the court had issued summons to Tharoor asking him to appear before the court, but he failed to do so. In the meantime, the book is based on a report that he allegedly defamed hindu Nair women in his book 'The Great indian Novel'. As per reports, the case was filed by sandhya Sreekumar, a member of the Nair service Society at Thiruvananthapuram.
Reportedly 'The Great indian Novel' was published in 1989, a satirical novel which describes the context of the independence movement in the indian epic Mahabharata. According to the official communication from Shashi Tharoor's office, the initial court summons did not have a specific date and that was why he failed to appear. As per the report, Tharoor's advocate had filed a plea deal with the court with a new summary of the issue, but this was yet to be received.
Tharoor has also been caught up in another controversy for sharing a 'distorted' map of india on Twitter. Perhaps as per reports, he posted an indian map without kashmir in the words 'Don't divide India', but the map's erstwhile state of kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir was distorted. He had posted the tweet as an anti-CAA protest rally in Kozhikode.
