New Delhi: Senior leader and lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, who is also running for Congress President this time, made a clarification on Saturday regarding assumptions that the party has an official candidate. The party insiders and others are keeping a close watch on the poll which will title a non-Gandhi party chief for the grand old party in over two decades.
“Kharge sir is my leader too. We are not enemies. I am the candidate of change in Congress”, said Tharoor during his visit to Assam, where he arrived to gather support from his colleagues for his candidature.
“People who supported me are not rebel or against the Gandhis…This is a wrong notion. The Gandhis are always with the Congress, so are we. We are contesting the election with the spirit that whoever wins this elections, it will be a victory of the Congress”, he added.
If you are an Indian citizen, you are ours and we are for you. Unlike a different party that says that this is a Hindu nation or this is a party of one section, we will work for everyone, in the interest of India: Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor, in Guwahati, Assam pic.twitter.com/CUWTcAwI2w
— ANI (@ANI) October 15, 2022
Earlier, the latter was quoted by news daily NDTV as quoting, “That’s apparent with his [Mr Kharge’s] nomination form and the signatures there and his campaign trail. Wherever he goes, there are veterans around him. But wherever I am going, there are simple citizens”.
“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”, he said while indicating the current political scenario.