Tharoor is pitching himself as the candidate for "change". Right at this very moment, the party is engaged in a massive exercise of "transformation"--into an active organ for struggle having organic links with ordinary Indians, via the historic, and unprecedented in independent India, Bharat Jodo Yatra.
This seems to have completely evaded Tharoor's attention. His call for "change", therefore, looks quite like a veiled attempt at throwing a spanner in the works already underway. Highly smart and suave--unable to speak Hindi though--Tharoor is, all said done, a sort of newcomer--a valued "guest artist". Kharge--in contrast--is very much a veteran, a Dalit, a fighter--rugged and gritty. Can communicate in several languages -- including Hindi and English. The number of eligible voters is a tad less than ten thousand. My, rather uninformed, personal guess is that it'd be quite an achievement for Tharoor if he can garner even one-tenth of that. In fact, quite likely, it'd be far less. Let's see. The media is paying disproportionate attention to this poll--virtually campaigning for Tharoor--presumably, in a deliberate attempt to divert popular attention from the gigantic BJY. In the process, rather paradoxically, attention had to be willy-nilly focussed on the Congress Party. <<-For the first time, special QR coded Id cards have been distributed to the delegates by CEA. Those delegates who have the QR coded ID cards will be allowed to cast the vote. Congress has enrolled around 6 crore new members. Congress data department head Pravin Chakravati told India Today Tv that in the 140-year history of Congress, for the first time QR coded id cards on the line of the Election Commission of India’s Voter’s ID card. Without this voting card, the delegates will not be allowed to cast their votes. The ID card is must to ensure transparency. -Congress's Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry stated that the ballot paper would have the names of two candidates i.e. Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor on it. Voters are instructed to put a 'tick' in the box. “Between 10am to 4pm tomorrow, delegates from all states will vote at their respective polling stations with a 'tick' mark for the candidate they support. Arrangements have been made for smooth polling,” Madhusudan Mistry told news agency ANI. ... The campaign ran by Tharoor is titled “ThinkTomorrowThinkTharoor”. Whereas the official theme of Kharge’s campaign is #KarykartaKharge. Kharge is considered the firm favourite for his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and backing by senior leaders, even as Tharoor has pitched himself as the candidate of change while Kharge is the candidate of 'continuity'. Both leaders have campaigned extensively and made fervent appeals to woo delegates. A day ahead of the Congress presidential polls, Shashi Tharoor said, "Our party has been going through difficulties over past few yrs. A very famous and experienced leader left us recently, so I felt that something isn't right... I believe that workers need to be listened to; this poll is a perfect opportunity.">> (Excerpted from: < https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mallikarjun-kharge-shashi-tharoor-stage-set-historic-congress-presidential-poll-2286117-2022-10-17 >.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZjEnMepvgeCAmCQ5yPo%2B7M1Y-EgB-dEq4J8R041mW-aFA%40mail.gmail.com.
