<p>"This is an extended and very informal conversation with a large number of people. I have over seven lakh people who are reading what I have to say, who react to what I have to say and who also put up questions to me," Tharoor said last night.<br /><br />The minister is here on a two-day visit to attend an international seminar on 'From Landlocked to Land built: North East India in BIMSTEC' at the North East Hill University.<br />"It's a kind of interactive Akashvani. That is the whole purpose of this kind of communication," he added.<br /><br />The minister was in spotlight earlier for his "holy cow" and "cattle class" comments on Twitter on the government's austerity measures as well his questioning of immigration policy.<br /><br />In an apparent reference to journalists, he said, "If anybody wants to quote it, I do not have any objection. But incidentally, if anyone wants to distort it, I regret that."<br />He said what he writes on Twitter is "out there for everyone to see".<br /><br />Asked if he would be always available on Twitter, Tharoor quipped, "Right now there are many ways you can get me like radio and television."</p>
<p>"This is an extended and very informal conversation with a large number of people. I have over seven lakh people who are reading what I have to say, who react to what I have to say and who also put up questions to me," Tharoor said last night.<br /><br />The minister is here on a two-day visit to attend an international seminar on 'From Landlocked to Land built: North East India in BIMSTEC' at the North East Hill University.<br />"It's a kind of interactive Akashvani. That is the whole purpose of this kind of communication," he added.<br /><br />The minister was in spotlight earlier for his "holy cow" and "cattle class" comments on Twitter on the government's austerity measures as well his questioning of immigration policy.<br /><br />In an apparent reference to journalists, he said, "If anybody wants to quote it, I do not have any objection. But incidentally, if anyone wants to distort it, I regret that."<br />He said what he writes on Twitter is "out there for everyone to see".<br /><br />Asked if he would be always available on Twitter, Tharoor quipped, "Right now there are many ways you can get me like radio and television."</p>
