Tharoor meets PM ahead of Congress core meeting

New Delhi, Apr 18: Ahead of the Congress core group meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Kochi IPL controversy.

In his 45-meeting with the Prime Minister, Tharoor reportedly told Singh that he had not derived any personal or monetary gain from the incident.

Tharoor said that he was ready to quit if he had embarrassed the government, adding that he was willing to abide by the party's decision.

Prime Minister has called for a Congress core group meeting at 6.30 pm to discuss the issue.

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