Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday visited Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is in the hospital after suffering head injuries while performing a ritual at a temple. Shashi Tharoor is the Thiruvananthapuram MP and party candidate in the April 23 Lok Sabha polls. He was injured when the hook of a weighing scale came off and its iron panel hit his head during the "Thulabharam" ritual.

He was admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical college hospital on Monday and is expected to be discharged later on Tuesday. The former union minister later tweeted, "Touched by the gesture of @nsitharaman, who dropped by today morning to visit me in the hospital, amid her hectic electioneering in Kerala. Civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics - great to see her practice it by example!".