Congress Presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Saturday claimed that youth and “lower level” of the celebration are supporting him, whereas seniors are backing his rival Mallikarjun Kharge.
He additionally mentioned that no Congress President can work conserving distance from the Gandhi household as their DNA runs with the blood of the celebration.
“I am getting the support of young voters. I am getting good response from lower level. Seniors are going with Kharge. We are talking about change and bigwigs oppose it,” Tharoor mentioned at a press convention right here as a part of his marketing campaign.
Acknowledging that many office-bearers of the celebration are campaigning overtly for his rival candidate, he identified that the election might be held by way of secret ballots and {that a} senior chief and a member of a decrease rank have equal weightage to the vote.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP mentioned, “It would be foolish on the part of any Congress president to distance himself from the Gandhi family as the Gandhi family is popular and their DNA runs with the party’s blood.”
He mentioned the brand new Congress president would proceed to work collectively to strengthen the celebration and his precedence can be to kind a united opposition to scale back vote-sharing.
“We should work to form a national ‘gathbandhan’ (alliance). If it is not possible at the national level, then we have to find out state wise,” mentioned the diplomat-turned-politician.
He mentioned that if he’s elected, decentralization of energy and bringing a few change by involving younger blood within the management might be on the core of his tenure.
“Many colleagues had left the celebration attributable to numerous causes. No one will depart due to neglect throughout my tenure.
Tharoor mentioned he visited 11 states throughout his marketing campaign and that Assam is the one state within the Northeast area attributable to paucity of time and assets.
He additionally mentioned that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodi Yatra and celebration president election have created great attraction for the Congress.
“The Congress has not received the media attention in the last eight years as much as we have received after the announcement of the presidential election,” Tharoor mentioned.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP has been pitted towards veteran Congressman Mallikarjun Kharge for the election to the celebration’s highest workplace to be held on October 17. The election outcomes might be declared on October 19.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
