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Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor offered to quit as he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence Sunday morning. Tharoor briefed Manmohan on the Kochi IPL controversy and reportedly offered to quit saying, if he has embarrassed government then he is ready to quit. Tharoor reached Singh's official residence to put across his point of view before a final call with regard to his future in the federal council of ministers. The meeting reportedly lasted around 50 minutes.

Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Lal Krishan Advani, on Saturday said Junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor should be sacked if he did not step down in the wake of the raging Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise controversy. The controversy rages between IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi and Tharoor over a new franchise of the hugely popular cricket league tourney.

Reacting to the Modi-Tharoor IPL spat, Jyotiraditya Scindia, central junior trade minister and President of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, hoped that the truth would soon come out. Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and President of Bihar Cricket Association, Lalu Prasad Yadav also launched a scathing attack on Tharoor. Meanwhile, the controversial Kochi IPL bid could cost Shahsi Tharoor. The fate of the Minister of State for External Affairs still remains uncertain as not many Congress MPs are coming out in his support.