‘Disgrace at so many levels’: Tharoor on removal of Raihan Vadra’s exhibition photos

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday criticised the removal of photographs from Raihan Vadra's exhibition at Bikaner House in New Delhi, saying the move had damaged India's global reputation as a freedom-loving democracy and raised serious concerns over freedom of expression.In a post on X, Tharoor described the incident as a "disgrace at so many levels", arguing that photographs documenting protest demonstrations depicted events and did not necessarily convey political positions."This is a disgrace at so many levels," Thiruvananthapuram MP said, listing his objections to the decision to remove the photographs from the exhibition, "No Idea Is Final".He said the images documented events that had already received widespread public and media attention, questioning why photographs of demonstrations should be considered political content simply because they depicted protests."The images are of events that have already been burned into the public consciousness, and many of the photos would have…