Speaking of leaders in his support he said that he has got amazing support from young leaders and workers in the party, but the older leaders are supporting Congress Leader Mallikarjun Kharge
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that if he is elected as the next Congress president he will try that Congress leaders not quit the party and join BJP or other rival parties. He said that this will be his first task if he gets elected.
“I would try to stop Congress leaders from quitting and joining the rival BJP. “This will be a key issue that I will handle if I am elected President,” Shashi Tharoor said.
Speaking of leaders in his support he said that he has got amazing support from young leaders and workers in the party, but the older leaders are supporting Congress Leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
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Shashi Tharoor has clarified his recent remarks, saying that some party members mistakenly believed there was an official candidate. It was perceived as making reference to Mallikarjun Kharge, the second contender in the race for president of the Congress, which is being eagerly watched by both party insiders and the general public because the victor will be the first non-Gandhi party chief in more than 20 years.
“Kharge sir is my leader too. We are not enemies. I am the candidate of change in Congress,” Shashi Tharoor said in Assam’s Guwahati, where he came to gather support for his candidature.
“People who supported me are not rebels or against the Gandhis…This is a wrong notion. The Gandhis are always with the Congress, and so are we. We are contesting the election with the spirit that whoever wins this election, it will be a victory of the Congress,” Shashi Tharoor said.
Tharoor said that under the new president Congress will work for the people of India. He said, “Under a new [party] President, the Congress will again work for the people of India as for decades it has done under every [party] President. One of the main tasks of the new President is to reach out to other parties for 2024 [national election]. Our first test will be on creating a new national alliance.”
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