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Tharoor’s president bid faces opposition

Congress leader Gourav Vallabh slammed Shashi Tharoor’s potential AICC president bid on Thursday, saying his “only major contribution” to the party was to send letters to Sonia Gandhi while she was hospitalised. In the first sign of leaders taking sides in the upcoming presidential election, Vallabh also expressed support for another likely contender, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who many believe has the support of the current leadership.

However, it is reported that Congress President Sonia Gandhi told both Gehlot and Tharoor that she would remain “neutral” in the polls. “The choice is very simple and clear,” tweeted Vallabh.

एक तरफ कार्यकर्ताओं व ज़मीन से जुड़े हुए श्री अशोक गहलोत जी, जिन्हें 3 बार केंद्रीय मंत्री, 3 बार मुख्यमंत्री, 5 बार सांसद, 5 बार विधायक रहने का अनुभव हो, जिन्होंने सीधी टक्कर में मोदी-शाह को पटखनी दी हो, जिनका 45 वर्ष का निष्कलंक राजनीतिक जीवन हो।

— Prof. Gourav Vallabh (@GouravVallabh) September 22, 2022

वहीं दूसरी तरफ़ श्री शशि थरूर साहब हैं,जिनका पिछले 8 वर्षों में पार्टी के लिए एक ही प्रमुख योगदान है-कांग्रेस अध्यक्षा सोनिया गाँधी जी को तब चिट्ठियाँ भेजी जब वह अस्पताल में भर्ती थीं,इस कृत्य ने मेरे जैसे पार्टी के करोड़ों कार्यकर्ताओं को पीड़ा पहुँचाई

चयन बहुत सरल और स्पष्ट है

— Prof. Gourav Vallabh (@GouravVallabh) September 22, 2022

In a late night tweet, Tharoor posted former US president Theodore Roosevelt’s famous speech known as “The Man in the Arena”. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat,” Roosevelt said in the speech posted by Tharoor.

pic.twitter.com/SAexs4Ct4W

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 22, 2022

Many saw the post by Tharoor as his response to Vallabh and other critics, as well as a reference to his probable All India Congress Committee (AICC) presidential post run. Vallabh is also a party spokesperson but he asserted his comments were as a Congress worker and not spokesperson.

“Like crores of workers, my first wish is that Rahul Gandhi ji should provide his leadership to the Congress and the country. But if Rahul Gandhi ji remains steadfast on his decision (of not taking up the Congress chief post) and one has to choose between the two names that are appearing in public discussion, then there is no comparison between the two,” Vallabh said in a series of tweets in Hindi. On one hand, there is Ashok Gehlot who has the experience of being a Union minister, three times chief minister, five times MP, five times MLA, and who has defeated Narendra Modi-Amit Shah in a direct contest and who has had 45 years of “spotless” political life, he said.

“On the other hand there is Shashi Tharoor sahib who has made only one major contribution to the party in the last eight years — sent letters to Congress President Sonia Gandhi ji when she was hospitalised, this act caused pain to crores of party workers like me. The choice is very simple and clear,” he said. Vallabh’s remarks were a reference to the letter sent by a group of 23 leaders, including Tharoor, to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 seeking large scale reforms in the party.

The race for the Congress president’s post hotted up on Wednesday with Gehlot giving a clear indication that he could enter the poll fray and Tharoor meeting the party’s poll panel chief to enquire about the nomination formalities. After over two decades, the Congress is set to see a contest for the post of party chief. Gehlot and Tharoor are being seen as the likely contenders.

The Congress’ central election authority on Thursday issued a notification for the AICC president polls, setting the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving party chief Sonia Gandhi. According to the notification, the process for filing nominations for the election will be held from September 24 to 30.

The date of scrutiny of the nomination papers would be on October 1, while the last date of withdrawal of nominations would be October 8. The election, if there is more than one candidate, will take place on October 17. The counting of votes and the declaration of results would be on October 19.

With inputs from News18

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