Shashi Tharoor, 66, and Mallikarjuna, 80, are in the race to become Congress president. (file)
New Delhi:
With former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi’s nomination rejected for technical reasons, the contest for Congress president is officially a face-off between 80-year-old Mallikarjun Kharge, who is clearly backed by Gandhi, and 66-year-old Shashi Tharoor. Those who claim to stand for change.
KN Tripathi, who was hardly in the game, had his form rejected as the signatures of one of his movers did not match and the signatures of the other were duplicated.
Mr Tharoor insists “this is not a war”, but wants voters – an electorate of over 9,000 delegates – to see Mr Kharge as a symbol of the status quo, meaning Gandhi himself or by proxy. are in.
His slogan claims the future – ‘Think tomorrow, think Tharoor’ – as the party hopes that 2024 will bring something better than the BJP losing it for the third time in a row.
“Mr Kharge and I may belong to different ideologies. We are allies in the same party. Let the members decide,” he told news agency ANI on Saturday. “I am only asking the members that if you are satisfied with the functioning of the party, please vote for Kharge. Saab, But if you want change – if you want the party to act differently – choose me.”
he ran into some trouble yesterday a Wrong map of India in its manifestoWhich he corrected with an apology and no apparent loss of drive.
Mr Kharge on Saturday resigned as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha – in keeping with the ‘one person, one post’ rule of the Congress – a day after more than 30 leaders backed his candidature.
Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi at a Congress rally. (file)
It was a surprise at all to be the candidate of the 80-year-old, who was forced into the current leadership Ashok Gehlot out of the race His loyalists insist that he insists on the one-post-only criterion to remain the chief minister of Rajasthan. Mr. Gehlot has supported Mr. Kharge.
Shashi Tharoor, one of the group of 23 seen as rebels, wrote to Sonia Gandhi demanding reforms in 2020 when she filed her nomination, not many senior leaders accompanying her. Not that he is also a G-23 candidate. Some in that group stand with Gandhi and Mr. Kharge, some have left the party altogether.
No contest will be required if a candidate withdraws his/her nomination – the last date is 8 October.
But it’s not a possibility. of Mr. Kharge main options, And Mr. Tharoor is keen on a contest.
Voting is on October 17 and the results will be out two days later.
Sonia Gandhi has been Congress President for 22 of the last 24 years; Son Rahul remained the chief for two years in between. (file)
This is the first election in the last 20 years without Gandhi—current boss Sonia Gandhi or her son Rahul Gandhi—for the party’s top post.
The last time the party had a non-Gandhi chief was in 1998 in Sitaram Kesari, who was replaced by Sonia Gandhi, when she finally joined politics at a time when the Congress was struggling to hold itself together.
He handed it over to Rahul Gandhi in 2017 who resigned after the 2019 Lok Sabha loss. Since then, he has been interim chief.
While Rahul Gandhi remains the face of the party – clear under his leadership ‘India couple travel’ The family is clearly not in a contest to blunt the charge of nepotism – to build momentum for the 2024 election.
“Change” Vs “Already Satisfied”: Shashi Tharoor’s Pitch In Congress Contest
Shashi Tharoor, 66, and Mallikarjuna, 80, are in the race to become Congress president. (file)
New Delhi:
With former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi’s nomination rejected for technical reasons, the contest for Congress president is officially a face-off between 80-year-old Mallikarjun Kharge, who is clearly backed by Gandhi, and 66-year-old Shashi Tharoor. Those who claim to stand for change.
KN Tripathi, who was hardly in the game, had his form rejected as the signatures of one of his movers did not match and the signatures of the other were duplicated.
Mr Tharoor insists “this is not a war”, but wants voters – an electorate of over 9,000 delegates – to see Mr Kharge as a symbol of the status quo, meaning Gandhi himself or by proxy. are in.
His slogan claims the future – ‘Think tomorrow, think Tharoor’ – as the party hopes that 2024 will bring something better than the BJP losing it for the third time in a row.
“Mr Kharge and I may belong to different ideologies. We are allies in the same party. Let the members decide,” he told news agency ANI on Saturday. “I am only asking the members that if you are satisfied with the functioning of the party, please vote for Kharge. Saab, But if you want change – if you want the party to act differently – choose me.”
he ran into some trouble yesterday a Wrong map of India in its manifestoWhich he corrected with an apology and no apparent loss of drive.
Mr Kharge on Saturday resigned as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha – in keeping with the ‘one person, one post’ rule of the Congress – a day after more than 30 leaders backed his candidature.
Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi at a Congress rally. (file)
It was a surprise at all to be the candidate of the 80-year-old, who was forced into the current leadership Ashok Gehlot out of the race His loyalists insist that he insists on the one-post-only criterion to remain the chief minister of Rajasthan. Mr. Gehlot has supported Mr. Kharge.
Shashi Tharoor, one of the group of 23 seen as rebels, wrote to Sonia Gandhi demanding reforms in 2020 when she filed her nomination, not many senior leaders accompanying her. Not that he is also a G-23 candidate. Some in that group stand with Gandhi and Mr. Kharge, some have left the party altogether.
No contest will be required if a candidate withdraws his/her nomination – the last date is 8 October.
But it’s not a possibility. of Mr. Kharge main options, And Mr. Tharoor is keen on a contest.
Voting is on October 17 and the results will be out two days later.
Sonia Gandhi has been Congress President for 22 of the last 24 years; Son Rahul remained the chief for two years in between. (file)
This is the first election in the last 20 years without Gandhi—current boss Sonia Gandhi or her son Rahul Gandhi—for the party’s top post.
The last time the party had a non-Gandhi chief was in 1998 in Sitaram Kesari, who was replaced by Sonia Gandhi, when she finally joined politics at a time when the Congress was struggling to hold itself together.
He handed it over to Rahul Gandhi in 2017 who resigned after the 2019 Lok Sabha loss. Since then, he has been interim chief.
While Rahul Gandhi remains the face of the party – clear under his leadership ‘India couple travel’ The family is clearly not in a contest to blunt the charge of nepotism – to build momentum for the 2024 election.