Shashi Tharoor invites BJP's Shatrughan Sinha to join the Congress

There is speculation that Sinha would contest the next Lok Sabha elections as part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led alliance in Bihar

Tharoor's hero

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday invited the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Shatrughan Sinha to join the Congress. The two are colleagues in the Lok Sabha. Tharoor is an MP from Thiruvana-nthapuram and Sinha from Patna Sahib. Sinha was in Thiruvananthapuram to launch Tharoor's book The Paradoxical Prime Minister, Narendra Modi And His India. Tharoor said there was "room for a hero" like him in the Congress. In his speech, Sinha criticised the PM. Along with BJP Lok Sabha member Kirti Azad, Sinha has emerged one of the most vocal critics of the PM and party chief Amit Shah