Guwahati, Oct. 15 (PTI): Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Saturday claimed that youngsters and people in lower levels of the party are supporting him, while seniors are backing his rival Mallikarjun Kharge. He also asserted that no Congress president can function keeping a distance from the Gandhi family as their DNA runs through the party’s blood. “I am getting support from the young voters. I am getting good feedback from the lower levels. The seniors are going with Kharge. We have been talking about change and older people resist it,” Tharoor told a press conference as part of his campaign trail here. While conceding that many party office bearers have been campaigning for his rival candidate openly, he pointed out that the election will be held through secret ballots and weightage of the vote of a senior leader and a lower rank member is the same. It would be foolish on the part of any Congress president to distance himself from the Gandhis as the
Chennai, Oct. 9 (PTI): DMK stalwart and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was unanimously elected as party president at the party's general council meeting
Chennai, Oct. 6 (PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in the race for the top position in the party, on Thursday said he wanted to change Congress into the party of young India and that support for his presidential candidature is swelling by the day. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, on a brief campaign in Chennai, said how his party viewed Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and the presidential poll, mattered most and not what others outside felt. “It’s what the Congress party looks at the Bharat Jodo Yatra and its presidency that matters and not the opposition criticism… It is a challenging election for the delegates because there’s only one physical location to hold the election, that’s PCC headquarters. I am still confident that we will see a good turnout,” he said. Speaking to reporters after paying floral tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Kamaraj here, Tharoor said he was getting enormous amount
Mumbai, Sep. 29 (IANS): Charismatic India batter Suryakumar Yadav’s string of fine performances in the last few series has seen him became the highest run-scorer for India in a calendar year in T20Is, which bodes well for Rohit Sharma’s team as it aims to reclaim the T20 World Cup crown it won nearly 15 years back. During the opening T20I against South Africa at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, Suryakumar smashed another unbeaten half-century (50 off 33 balls) as India defeated the visitors by eight wickets with 20 balls to spare in a low-scoring game. Chasing 107 for victory, opener KL Rahul’s 51 followed by Surya’s unbeaten 50 made the task of achieving the win a cakewalk and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Suryakumar continued his incredible run in T20Is this year, completing more than 700 runs in the format in the year, according to ICC. His tally of runs in T20Is in 2022 is a record for an Indian batter with Surya going past Shikhar Dhawan’
Kanyakumari (TN), Sep. 9 (PTI): Keeping cards close to his chest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he has made the decision whether he wants to become the next party president or not and asserted he will give his reasons if he does not contest the upcoming elections. Gandhi was asked a slew of questions at a press conference on whether he would assume the mantle of the party president and he repeatedly said he would give an answer if he does not enter the fray, indicating that the likelihood of him sticking to his stance of not taking up party chief’s post is more. He also said the Bharat Jodo Yatra will help in forging Opposition unity even though that is a separate exercise. It is the responsibility of the entire Opposition to come together and discussions are in progress, he added. The Kanyakumari-Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress began on Wednesday. Gandhi said he is not leading the yatra but is only participating in it. Asked if he would become the Congres