Because the Congress presidential election hots up, senior chief Shashi Tharoor, who has launched his marketing campaign, mentioned Monday that there was by no means any G-23 group and that it was all of the media’s thought.
Talking to the media in Hyderabad, Tharoor mentioned: “There is no such thing as a G-23 group, there by no means was. It was a media thought. So far as I can inform you, a few senior leaders wrote us a letter. They invited numerous folks to assist them. They instructed me that that they had contacted over 100 folks for assist. However because the Covid lockdown was on at the moment (in 2020), solely 23 folks have been accessible in Delhi to signal the letter to get together chief Sonia Gandhi.”
#WATCH | Hyderabad: “There is no such thing as a G23 group, it was all of the media’s thought,” says Congress presidential ballot candidate Shashi Tharoor pic.twitter.com/8fuxl4BCZb
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His opponent within the Congress presidential ballot, Mallikarjun Kharge, too had made an analogous assertion on Sunday. When requested if the assist of senior G-23 leaders to him meant that their complaints had been resolved, Kharge mentioned: “Don’t join that with this. Now there isn’t any G-23. All these individuals are working unitedly… they wish to save the get together, wish to stay united and unitedly struggle in opposition to the BJP / RSS. So they’re with me.”
Tharoor, who kickstarted his marketing campaign by paying tribute at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur the place BR Ambedkar transformed to Buddhism alongside along with his followers in 1956, is presently in Telangana.
Earlier within the day, the Thiruvananthapuram MP had mentioned that every one within the get together wished to tackle the BJP slightly than one another. Tharoor, who is about for a face-off with Kharge, mentioned the 2 don’t have any ideological variations, information company PTI reported.
“Let me clarify that I agree with @kharge ji that every one of us in @incIndia want to tackle the BJP slightly than one another. There is no such thing as a ideological distinction between us. The selection for our voting colleagues Oct 17 is barely on the right way to do it most successfully,” Tharoor mentioned in a tweet.