The revival of the Congress--and the survival of democratic and pluralist "India"--depends on the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Tharoor is, no doubt, extremely smart and suave--unable to speak Hindi though. A rather newcomer--a sort of valuable "guest artist". Quite unfit to adapt to the hurly-burly of mass politics. Kharge is a veteran, a Dalit, a long-standing fighter--rugged and gritty. Can speak several languages -- including Hindi and English. Right now the Congress is undergoing an attempted huge transformation -- via the massive and historic Bharat Jodo Yatra, spearheaded by Rahul Gandhi. Transformation from a natural party of governance to an organisation of resistance--resistance to anti-"India" tyranny. A Himalayan task, no doubt. But, the attempt is very much underway. Tharoor's talk of "change" actually captures the dread of his and his likes of such a transformation. He is by no stretch a street fighter--pretty comfortable in an air-conditioned TV studio or on the floor of the parliament, where he can comfortably enjoy conversing in fine English. His position in today's Congress is somewhat--only somewhat--similar to that of Jinnah in the Congress after the advent of Gandhi. The Congress workers know it in their bones. So do the ill-wishers of the Congress. They're, therefore, all dead sure that Tharoor is the man that Congress needs today. Just not for nothing. In any case, Tharoor is, definitely, not a bad loser. Must be too disheartening for his backers from outside the Congress. <<Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge was on Wednesday elected the Congress president, a non-Gandhi chief after over two decades. Mallikarjun Kharge was running against Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor. Mallikarjun Kharge won the Congress presidential elections with 7,897 votes, while Shashi Tharoor bagged a little over 1,000 votes. Reacting to the Congress presidential election results, Shashi Tharoor said it was a privilege to get the support of over 1,000 party workers. In a statement, Shashi Tharoor said, “It is a great honour & a huge responsibility to be President of @INCIndia &I wish @Kharge ji all success in that task. It was a privilege to have received the support of over a thousand colleagues, & to carry the hopes & aspirations of so many well-wishers of Congress across India." “The decision of the party delegates is final and I accept humbly. It is a privilege be a member of a party that allows its workers to do their President," adding that he believes the revival of the party has “truly" begun today as the new Congress President is elected.>> (Excerpted from: < https://www.livemint.com/news/i-believe-revival-of-congress-shashi-tharoor-statement-losing-congress-presidential-election-mallikarjun-kharge-11666170238297.html >.) -- 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/CACEsOZhGEAxF5darWqNN3eWcES16kvtzM8HEXRbR6xYyzbySFw%40mail.gmail.com.
