Cong President Polls: Shashi Tharoor to Begin his Campaign from Nagpur Today
GG News Bureau
Nagpur, 1st Oct. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will kick off his campaign for the party’s presidential election by visiting the Deekshabhoomi monument in Nagpur on Saturday.
Tharoor will pay his respects at Deekshabhoomi, where Dr. B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism with his followers in 1956, said Maharashtra Congress leader Ashish Deshmukh.
Deshmukh organized the visit of the Thiruvananthapuram MP.
On Friday, Tharoor, 66, filed his nomination for Congress president in Delhi.
Tharoor is scheduled to arrive at the Nagpur airport at 4:50 p.m. on Saturday. From there, he will travel to Deekshabhoomi, where he will pay his respects to Dr. Ambedkar and then hold a press conference.
Tharoor will visit Mahatma Gandhi’s Sevagram Ashram in Wardha at 9 a.m. on Sunday, followed by Vinoba Bhave’s Ashram in Pavnar. He will return to Nagpur at 12.45 p.m. to meet with senior Congress leaders, state unit members, and workers.
According to Deshmukh, “Tharoor is a popular Congress MP who has done remarkable work for the country at the international level. The election for Congress president is an important step for decentralization in the party.”
Deshmukh also claimed that Congress delegates in 12 states have openly backed Tharoor, and that he is receiving support from party leaders and activists across India.
The stage was set on Friday for a race for Congress president between Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge, with the latter emerging as the clear favorite. K N Tripathi, a former minister from Jharkhand, is the third candidate in the race and is considered a lightweight.
On Friday, Kharge, Tharoor, and Tripathi filed their nominations on the last day. Over 9,100 delegates are eligible to vote in the election on October 17. The result will be revealed on October 19.
Tharoor was a member of the Congress’ G-23 group, which advocated for organizational reform and elections at all levels of the party.
On Friday, he referred to his electoral rival Kharge as a “candidate of continuity” and “status quo.” He also ruled out withdrawing from the race, emphasizing that he has not taken the trouble of filing the nomination only to opt out later.
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