New Delhi: Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor was upbeat concerning the Congress’ “revival” Wednesday, hours after he misplaced out to veteran Karnataka chief Mallikarjun Kharge because the 138-year-old occasion’s 98th president.
Tharoor was amongst a gaggle of 23 senior leaders who had demanded an organisational rejig in 2020 after the Congress’s clobbering in two consecutive parliamentary elections.
On Wednesday, because the occasion selected a non-Gandhi chief for the primary time in 24 years, Tharoor stated: “I imagine the revival of our occasion has actually begun right now.”
Whereas the Thiruvananthapuram MP polled 1,072 votes, Kharge — seen because the “official” choose of the Gandhis — swept the interior elections with 7,897 votes.
Tharoor met Kharge at his residence after the outcomes have been declared and congratulated his opponent on the win.
“Right this moment, the ultimate verdict has been in favour of Shri Mallikarjun Kharge ji. I wish to convey my heat congratulations to him for his victory. The choice of the occasion delegates is remaining and I settle for it humbly. It’s a privilege to be a member of a celebration that enables its employees to decide on its president,” he stated.
The Kerala MP additionally thanked outgoing President Sonia Gandhi for helming the occasion for 1 / 4 of a century and for “being our anchor throughout our most important moments”.
“My thanks additionally to former president Shri Rahul Gandhi and Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for doing their very own bit to assist free and impartial elections. The Nehru-Gandhi household has held, and can all the time maintain, a particular place within the coronary heart of Congress Social gathering members — and with good cause too,” Tharoor added.
He additional stated the success of the continued Bharat Jodo Yatra bore testomony to the household’s “enduring enchantment to the plenty”.
In the course of the marketing campaign for the elections, Tharoor had alleged at varied factors that it was not a “stage taking part in area”. The truth is, on his marketing campaign path to Tamil Nadu, Tharoor tweeted that senior leaders have been requested to not be seen throughout his go to.
The day previous to counting, Tharoor’s workforce had written to Chairman of the Congress’ Election Authority (CEA), Madhusudan Mistry, asking for the votes from Uttar Pradesh to be deemed invalid on account of electoral misconduct.
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