<p>Renowned art historian, William Dalrymple, today tweeted in response to Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor who had hailed the appointment of Sonia Gandhi as interim Congress President following a CWC meet on August 10.</p>.<p>"It's a catastrophic decision. Your party are an ever-diminishing herd of lemmings rushing ever-closer to the political cliff edge", tweeted Dalrymple, in an apparent dig at Tharoor, who is known to use complicated English words in daily life.</p>.<p>Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress president, had quit his post after the party's abysmal performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and the post had been vacant since then. Despite a lot of talks over a non-Gandhi leader heading up the party, the decision to re-appointment Sonia Gandhi, albeit on an interim basis, was taken after a Congress Working Committee meeting.</p>
<p>Renowned art historian, William Dalrymple, today tweeted in response to Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor who had hailed the appointment of Sonia Gandhi as interim Congress President following a CWC meet on August 10.</p>.<p>"It's a catastrophic decision. Your party are an ever-diminishing herd of lemmings rushing ever-closer to the political cliff edge", tweeted Dalrymple, in an apparent dig at Tharoor, who is known to use complicated English words in daily life.</p>.<p>Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress president, had quit his post after the party's abysmal performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and the post had been vacant since then. Despite a lot of talks over a non-Gandhi leader heading up the party, the decision to re-appointment Sonia Gandhi, albeit on an interim basis, was taken after a Congress Working Committee meeting.</p>
