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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, while addressing a press conference on Wednesday, said what his party colleague and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor speaks is not the opinion of the party.

While replying to a question on Tharoor's remark on India-Pakistan understanding on ceasefire, Ramesh said, "It is his opinion. What Shashi Tharoor speaks is not the opinion of the party." 

Tharoor crossed 'lakshman rekha': Congress sources

Meanwhile, the news agency PTI reported, quoting sources that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) made it clear on Wednesday that it is not the time to air individual views but to amplify the party's official stand, with some leaders later asserting that Tharoor had crossed the "Lakshman Rekha" with his repeated comments on the India-Pakistan conflict.

There was no immediate reaction from Tharoor on the issue.

The sources made the assertion after a meeting of CWC members and senior leaders, including Tharoor, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretaries K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Sachin Pilot, among others, at its 24, Akbar Road office, New Delhi.

"We are a democratic party and people keep expressing their opinions, but this time, Tharoor has crossed the lakshman rekha," a senior party leader said after the meeting.

Party sources said, without naming anyone, a clear message was sent during the meeting that this is not a time for airing individual views but for amplifying the party's stand.

A leader said during the meeting, Tharoor toed the party line and gave "constructive suggestions". A senior leader, without naming anyone, raised the issue of some leaders airing different views and urged the leadership to intervene, the sources said.

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