By Manish SainThimphu, Aug 26 (PTI) The climate was "mutually hostile" but some matters like foreign policy were above political rivalry with most parties largely on the same side, Congress leader and author Shashi Tharoor said here today. "We try to shake hands over the political divide, but the climate in the country has become mutually hostile, and such matters need to be bipartisan to succeed," he said. But its true that at the end of the day we certainly need to work together," he said. "...as chairman of the foreign affairs committee, the external affairs committee of the Parliament, I would say on foreign policy issues we are largely bipartisan. "I have always argued that there is no Congress foreign policy or BJP foreign policy, there is only Indian foreign policy.

Source: India Today August 26, 2017 12:45 UTC