{"id":35598,"date":"2014-11-30T18:02:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T23:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35598"},"modified":"2014-11-30T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T23:37:18","slug":"congress-is-against-terror-outfit-like-ltte-but-friendy-towards-sri-lankan-tamils-actress-khushboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35598","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Congress is Against Terror Outfit like LTTE but friendy Towards Sri Lankan Tamils&#8221;-Actress Khushboo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The actor-politician says the party worked for a unified India without resorting to &#8220;colour&#8221; or &#8220;caste.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35602\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/archives\/35598\/khushboo\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35602\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35602\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Khushboo.jpg\" alt=\"Ms. Kushboo\" width=\"437\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35602\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms. Kushboo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Setting herself firmly against \u2018saffronisation,\u2019 actor-politician Kushboo said she definitely joined the Congress for her \u201csensibilities\u201d and for a secular country.<\/p>\n<p>In her \u201chomecoming\u201d speech at the TNCC headquarters here on Saturday, the actor said only the Congress worked for a unified India without resorting to \u201ccolour\u201d or \u201ccaste.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nStating that she continued to be a Muslim , Ms. Kushboo added that she was inspired by the Congress very early in life and would never accept \u2018saffronisation.\u2019 Five years ago, she chose the wrong path and lost her way. But, this was definitely a homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Kushboo was unwilling to talk about why she quit the DMK for which she was a star campaigner. \u201cNo one needs to know why I quit,\u201d she said, refusing to even compare the DMK and the Congress. Like any other Congress leader, she said she would abide by the directions of the party high-command.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itEinwC9fj8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While she claimed that she was not interested in party posts, TNCC president EVKS Elangovan said both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi were very happy to welcome Ms. Kushboo to the party. \u201cShe will certainly play a role at the national level. In fact, Mr. Rahul Gandhi complemented Ms. Kushboo on her intelligence,\u201d Mr. Elangovan said.<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Ms. Kushboo said she was in for the long haul and would work at the grassroots level to improve the prospects of the party. She said the UPA had been helpful to the Sri Lankan Tamils and reaffirmed that the Congress was only against terror outfits, particularly the LTTE. <em>courtesy: The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton35598\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D35598&amp;text=%26%238220%3BCongress%20is%20Against%20Terror%20Outfit%20like%20LTTE%20but%20friendy%20Towards%20Sri%20Lankan%20Tamils%26%238221%3B-Actress%20Khushboo&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actor-politician says the party worked for a unified India without resorting to &#8220;colour&#8221; or &#8220;caste.&#8221; Setting herself firmly against \u2018saffronisation,\u2019 actor-politician Kushboo said she definitely joined the Congress for her \u201csensibilities\u201d and for a secular country. In her \u201chomecoming\u201d speech at the TNCC headquarters here on Saturday, the actor said only the Congress worked &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=35598\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;&#8220;Congress is Against Terror Outfit like LTTE but friendy Towards Sri Lankan Tamils&#8221;-Actress Khushboo&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35598"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35616,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35598\/revisions\/35616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}