As the Congress presidential election heats up, senior chief Shashi Tharoor, who has launched his marketing campaign, mentioned on Monday that there was by no means a G-23 group and it was all media’s view.
Speaking to the media in Hyderabad, Tharoor mentioned: “There isn’t any G-23 group, by no means was. It was a media concept. As far as I can let you know, some senior leaders have written us a letter. He invited a lot of folks to lend his assist. He informed me that he had approached over 100 folks for assist. But because the COVID lockdown was happening at the moment (in 2020), solely 23 folks have been obtainable in Delhi to signal the letter to celebration chief Sonia Gandhi.
#watch , Hyderabad: “There is no G23 group, it was all media’s view,” says Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor pic.twitter.com/8fuxl4BCZb
— ANI (@ANI) 3 October 2022
His opponent within the Congress Presidential election was Mallikarjun Kharge. made the identical assertion on Sunday. Asked whether or not the assist of senior G-23 leaders means their grievances have been resolved, Kharge mentioned: “Don’t add to this. There is no G-23 anymore. They all work in unison. They want to save the party, stay united and fight against BJP/RSS unitedly. That’s why they are with me.”
Tharoor, who started his marketing campaign by paying homage at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur, the place BR Ambedkar transformed to Buddhism alongside along with his followers in 1956, is at present in Telangana.
Earlier within the day, the Thiruvananthapuram MP had mentioned that everybody within the celebration desires to tackle the BJP as a substitute of one another. There isn’t any ideological distinction between the 2, mentioned Tharoor, prepared for a face-off with information company Kharge PTI knowledgeable of.
“Let me make it clear that I agree with @kharge ji that in @incIndia we all want to take on BJP instead of each other. There is no ideological difference between us. The election on October 17 for our polling partners is only on how to do it most effectively,” Tharoor mentioned in a tweet.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
