'Where did you learn maths?': Shashi Tharoor gets trolled for suggesting Sensex did better during Congress regimes than BJP

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor got schooled by netizens for his "lack of understanding of mathematics" for suggesting Sensex tends to perform much better during Congress regimes than it did during Bharatiya Janata Party-led governments.

On Sunday, Tharoor shared a chart on his X platform where it could be seen that Sensex performed the best during Congress regimes. The benchmark index rose 117.7% during Indira Gandhi's rule and 170.9% during Rajiv Gandhi's regime. PV Narasimha Rao government, which was instrumental in kicking off the liberalisation reforms, saw 180.8% growth in Sensex over 1,791 days. Meanwhile, during the first term of Manmohan Singh-led UPA government, Sensex rose an impressive 168.1% and 78% during UPA-II. 

Data also suggested that Sensex rose 29.9% during Vajpayee's rule and 59.5 and 74.6% during the first and second term of PM Narendra Modi government, respectively. 

"For those who speak of the present government as being good for business, this might provide some cause for a rethink," said Tharoor in his X post.

Netizens accused Tharoor of not having a good understanding of mathematics because he shared absolute numbers while ignoring concepts like high and low base. 

"Please stop following WhatsApp based finfluencers," one netizen gave a hilarious suggestion to Tharoor. 

"Growing something from 0 to 100 and growing something from 25K to 70K is same?" asked another netizen. 

The chart u r showing is on Lower Base. So u can't compare Sensex return on higher base of 70,000!! There can b no comparison," said another X user. 

"Growing 3 digit on a smaller index base is different from growing on a larger index base. Please calculate absolute values and it will clearly show that the performance has been the best under 
@narendramodi," quipped another X user. 

Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai said, "Pl give @ShashiTharoor  the absolute increase in market capitalization during these periods. He seems to be a bit dense up there to understand."

Meanwhile, Indian shares advanced on Monday, led by a rebound in beaten-down financials and tracking gains in Asian markets.

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index rose 1.7% to 21,718.55 points and the S&P BSE Sensex was up 1.64% at 71,862, as of 3:06 pm IST.