Not disillusioned, election has galvanised Congress employees: Tharoor on shedding social gathering prez polls 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, who misplaced the social gathering’s presidential ballot to Mallikarjun Kharge, mentioned he talked concerning the election’s consequence with Sonia Gandhi on Thursday and he or she said that it was not shocking that “people would back one of their own”.

In the ballot, profitable candidate Kharge was backed by a number of senior leaders whereas Tharoor had pitched himself because the candidate of change, largely supported by lesser-known social gathering employees.

Speaking on the launch of Congress veteran and former Union minister Mohsina Kidwai’s biography, Tharoor additionally mentioned he was not disillusioned concerning the consequence because the ballot had galvanised social gathering employees.

Mohsina Kidwai’s biography has been written by her together with senior journalist Rasheed Kidwai.

Asked if he was disillusioned and disheartened with the consequence, Tharoor, mentioned, “No, I am not disappointed because I think it was very clear from the earliest moments of the campaign that the establishment, minus the rare case of a Mohsina Kidwai or a Saifuddin Soz or a few other fellow MPs, was going to rally behind him (Kharge) and that inevitably happened and I have no complaints about that.”

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“In fact, Sonia Ji and I were talking today about the election and she was saying, it’s not surprising that people would sort of back one of their own and I said ‘absolutely, I wasn’t surprised,” the MP from Thiruvananthapuram mentioned.

After the occasion, he mentioned that he had met Sonia Gandhi.

Tharoor mentioned he was gratified by the extent to which the whole election course of galvanised individuals on either side and social gathering employees.

“I have now made new relationships with our party workers all over the country that I would never have had a chance without this election,” he mentioned.

“I really feel that lots of them have touched me and I’ve touched them in ways in which I imagine would have an enduring worth in our respective political innings within the social gathering.

So, I used to be very happy about all of that and I imagine there’s a lot to be learnt within the optimistic sense from having an train like this,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Tharoor additionally mentioned he was fairly amused to see the ruling BJP’s spokespeople attacking the Congress for his mistreatment to which he had responded that “we can fight our own internal battles but try holding your own election first before you comment on ours”.

At the e-book launch, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah referred to as for Opposition unity to tackle the current dispensation.

He urged Tharoor to maintain strengthening the Congress and maintain standing by the social gathering and its chief.

Abdullah additionally mentioned although he and his father Sheikh Abdullah had suffered by the hands of the Congress, he believes the social gathering can assist save the nation.

In his remarks, Mani Shankar Aiyar mentioned he would have been a proposer for Tharoor’s candidature for Congress presidential polls however the Kerala MP informed him his identify was not on the voters’ record.

After asking round, Aiyar lastly discovered his identify on the record.

Aiyar mentioned Tharoor fought the polls nicely and famous that he made it clear through the marketing campaign that it was a pleasant combat and never a contest towards rivals.

Aiyar mentioned Tharoor was a champion of change whereas Kharge was a champion of continuity and if each views meet going ahead, the social gathering was a winner within the polls.

Besides Kidwai, Tharoor, Abdullah and Aiyar, senior Congress leaders and former Union ministers Shivraj Patil and Sushilkumar Shinde had been current on the e-book launch.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, who misplaced the social gathering’s presidential ballot to Mallikarjun Kharge, mentioned he talked concerning the election’s consequence with Sonia Gandhi on Thursday and he or she said that it was not shocking that “people would back one of their own”.

In the ballot, profitable candidate Kharge was backed by a number of senior leaders whereas Tharoor had pitched himself because the candidate of change, largely supported by lesser-known social gathering employees.

Speaking on the launch of Congress veteran and former Union minister Mohsina Kidwai’s biography, Tharoor additionally mentioned he was not disillusioned concerning the consequence because the ballot had galvanised social gathering employees.

Mohsina Kidwai’s biography has been written by her together with senior journalist Rasheed Kidwai.

Asked if he was disillusioned and disheartened with the consequence, Tharoor, mentioned, “No, I am not disappointed because I think it was very clear from the earliest moments of the campaign that the establishment, minus the rare case of a Mohsina Kidwai or a Saifuddin Soz or a few other fellow MPs, was going to rally behind him (Kharge) and that inevitably happened and I have no complaints about that.”

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“In fact, Sonia Ji and I were talking today about the election and she was saying, it’s not surprising that people would sort of back one of their own and I said ‘absolutely, I wasn’t surprised,” the MP from Thiruvananthapuram mentioned.

After the occasion, he mentioned that he had met Sonia Gandhi.

Tharoor mentioned he was gratified by the extent to which the whole election course of galvanised individuals on either side and social gathering employees.

“I have now made new relationships with our party workers all over the country that I would never have had a chance without this election,” he mentioned.

“I really feel that lots of them have touched me and I’ve touched them in ways in which I imagine would have an enduring worth in our respective political innings within the social gathering.

So, I used to be very happy about all of that and I imagine there’s a lot to be learnt within the optimistic sense from having an train like this,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Tharoor additionally mentioned he was fairly amused to see the ruling BJP’s spokespeople attacking the Congress for his mistreatment to which he had responded that “we can fight our own internal battles but try holding your own election first before you comment on ours”.

At the e-book launch, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah referred to as for Opposition unity to tackle the current dispensation.

He urged Tharoor to maintain strengthening the Congress and maintain standing by the social gathering and its chief.

Abdullah additionally mentioned although he and his father Sheikh Abdullah had suffered by the hands of the Congress, he believes the social gathering can assist save the nation.

In his remarks, Mani Shankar Aiyar mentioned he would have been a proposer for Tharoor’s candidature for Congress presidential polls however the Kerala MP informed him his identify was not on the voters’ record.

After asking round, Aiyar lastly discovered his identify on the record.

Aiyar mentioned Tharoor fought the polls nicely and famous that he made it clear through the marketing campaign that it was a pleasant combat and never a contest towards rivals.

Aiyar mentioned Tharoor was a champion of change whereas Kharge was a champion of continuity and if each views meet going ahead, the social gathering was a winner within the polls.

Besides Kidwai, Tharoor, Abdullah and Aiyar, senior Congress leaders and former Union ministers Shivraj Patil and Sushilkumar Shinde had been current on the e-book launch.