Congress president polls: Shashi Tharoor is considering throwing his hat in the ring
Sources said Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor is considering throwing his hat in the ring as he believes that it is time to put forward a fresh set of ideas and an alternate vision for the party, which is facing its worst electoral and organisational crisis ever.
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HomePolitical PulseShashi Tharoor tests waters, calls for 'free and fair' contest for Congress chief's post with 'several candidates'
Shashi Tharoor tests waters, calls for ‘free and fair’ contest for Congress chief’s post with ‘several candidates’
Sources said Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor is considering throwing his hat in the ring as he believes that it is time to put forward a fresh set of ideas and an alternate vision for the party, which is facing its worst electoral and organisational crisis ever.
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New Delhi | Updated: August 30, 2022 10:59:58 am
Shashi Tharoor (File)While the Congress has not seen a contest for the post of party president in the last two decades, all indications are that there could be one this time. Sources said Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor is considering throwing his hat in the ring as he believes that it is time to put forward a fresh set of ideas and an alternate vision for the party, which is facing its worst electoral and organisational crisis ever.
Sources said Tharoor — a signatory to the letter that 23 senior leaders had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 seeking changes in the party’s functioning — has discussed the idea with some of his colleagues and well-wishers, but is yet to take a final call.
While Tharoor declined to comment, he signalled that he was testing the waters in an article he wrote for a Malayalam daily after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) approved and announced the schedule for the election of party president on Sunday.
“Ideally it should have announced elections also for the dozen seats on the CWC itself which are supposed to be elected. Allowing members of the party drawn from the AICC and PCC delegates to determine who will lead the party from these key positions, would have helped legitimise the incoming set of leaders and give them a credible mandate to lead the party. Still, electing a fresh president is a start towards the revitalisation the Congress badly needs,” he wrote in Mathrubhumi English on Monday.
“It could also have other beneficial effects – for instance, we have seen the global interest in the British Conservative Party during their recent leadership race, a phenomenon we already witnessed in 2019, when a dozen candidates contested to replace Theresa May, and Boris Johnson emerged on top. Replicating a similar scenario for the Congress will similarly increase the national interest in the party and galvanise more voters towards the Congress party once again. For this reason, I hope that several candidates come forward to present themselves for consideration. Putting forward their visions for the party and the nation will surely stir public interest,” he wrote.
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