However, Tharoor made it clear that he is treating the matter as closed.
"I have seen the press release issued by the AICC and, as a loyal worker of the Congress Party, accept the decision of the party President to relieve me of my responsibilities as a Spokesman," embattled Tharoor said in a statement.
Earlier today, the Congress relieved Tharoor from his duties as the party spokesperson for his praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi which had not gone down well with the Kerala unit of the party. According to reports, the decision was taken after the Congress' Kerala unit complained against Tharoor's conduct and behaviour to the party high command.
In his statement, Tharoor said while he has not yet seen the KPCC complaint referred to "and while I would have welcomed an opportunity to respond to it and draw the attention of the AICC leadership to the full range of my statements and writings on contemporary political issues, I am now treating this matter as closed and have no further comment to make".
The Congress MP from Kerala said he was in politics to serve the people of India and his constituency through his service to Congress party. "This I have always done with utmost sincerity and commitment and I will continue to do so", he said.
"Whatever responsibilities the party has entrusted to me I have fulfilled without reservation and I fully recognise it is the prerogative of the party to alter these responsibilities," he said. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee had prepared a report against Tharoor, which was referred to AICC's disciplinary action committee a few days ago.
The report of the Kerala unit had held that Tharoor's adulatory statements about Modi had hurt Congress workers in Kerala, who had worked sincerely and tirelessly for his victory from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat.e of the party to alter these responsibilities," he said.
Prime Minister Modi, who launched the Swachh Bharat campaign on October 2, had invited Tharoor to join the drive to clean India. Tharoor, while accepting the Prime Minister's invitation, had said that he was honoured to accept the invitation to join the campaign.
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