Leaders like Kharge can’t bring change: Shashi Tharoor


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oi-Prakash KL

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New
Delhi,
Oct
02:

Kerala
MP
Shashi
Tharoor,
who
is
contesting
Congress
presidential
poll,
said
that
his
opponent
and
senior
party
leader
Mallikarjun
Kharge
cannot
bring
changes
to
the
party.

Leaders like Kharge cant bring change: Shashi Tharoor

Addressing
party
workers
at
Mahatma
Gandhi
Memorial
in
Nagpur,
Tharoor
claimed
that
he
represents
the
change
in
the
party.
“We
are
not
enemies,
it’s
not
war.
Some
people
are
saying
that
Kharge
Ji
is
a
senior
leader,
and
why
don’t
I
get
out
of
the
race
for
him?
I
respect
Kharge
Ji,
but
it’s
a
poll
for
our
party’s
future.
There
are
differences
in
the
way
we
want
to
take
the
party
forward,”
ANI
quoted
the
Congress
MP
as
saying.

He
added,
“Kharge
Ji
is
a
part
of
our
leadership,
and
other
than
the
Gandhi
family
he
is
among
the
top
three
leaders
of
the
Congress
party.
But
leaders
like
him
can’t
bring
change
and
will
continue
the
existing
system.
I
will
bring
the
change
as
per
the
expectations
of
party
workers,”

On
his
turn,
Kharge,
at
a
press
conference,
said
that
he
told
Tharoor
that
it
would
be
better
to
have
a
consensus
candidate,
but
the
latter
insisted
on
a
contest
for
the
“sake
of
democracy”.

On
asking
about
Shashi
Tharoor’s
remarks
that
Kharge
is
a
candidate
of
continuity
and
status
quo,
the
Rajya
Sabha
MP
said,
“He
(Tharoor)
may
have
his
views…The
status
quo
and
reforms
he
talks
of
will
be
decided
by
the
9,300-odd
delegates,
after
that
a
committee
will
be
formed
(Congress
Working
Committee).
The
committee
as
a
whole
will
decide
all
policy
matters
that
will
be
formulated
by
consensus
and
we
will
implement
that.”

“It
will
not
be
done
by
one
person.
For
me
the
key
word
is
‘Hum
(We)’ instead
of
‘main
(Me).
We
will
decide
together
and
wherever
there
are
shortcomings,
we
will
take
action,”
he
said..
The
Congress
leader,
who
hails
from
Karnataka,
said
he
will
consult
the
Gandhi
family
and
senior
leaders
on
key
issues
if
he
is
elected
as
the
party
president.
He
also
stated
that
he
would
implement
the
good
suggestions
from
them
while
rejecting
claims
that
he
was
the
“official
candidate”
backed
by
the
Gandhis.

The
polling
for
the
Congress
President
post,
if
needed,
will
be
held
on
October
17.
The
counting
of
votes
will
be
taken
up
on
October
19
and
the
results
will
be
declared
the
same
day.
More
than
9,000
Pradesh
Congress
Committee
(PCC)
delegates
will
vote
in
the
poll.

Story first published: Sunday, October 2, 2022, 19:03 [IST]



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