Tharoor backers: 2 former Union ministers, 3 MPs, G-23 chief amongst 60 signatories
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NEW DELHI: Former Union ministers Mohsina Kidwai, Saifuddin Soz, three MPs and G-23 chief Sandeep Dikshit are amongst those that signed the nomination types in assist of Shashi Tharoor’s candidacy for the submit of Congress president.
Tharoor posted six types on Twitter although he may submit solely 5 on Friday as he was late by a couple of minutes in submitting the sixth type.
Also, it was not recognized if all his 5 types have been admitted as Congress’ central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry stated on Saturday that out of the whole 20 nomination types, 4 have been rejected.
While one rejected type was of former Jharkhand minister Okay N Tripathi, Mistry refused to disclose who had filed the opposite three types that have been rejected. Party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Tharoor at the moment are left within the fray.
While Kharge had submitted 14 types, Tharoor submitted 5 and Tripathi one.
I’ve simply submitted my nomination papers as a candidate for the presidential election of @incindia. It is a privilege to serve the one celebration in India with an open democratic course of to decide on its chief. Greatly admire Soniaji’s steerage&imaginative and prescient.#ThinkTomorrowThinkTharoor pic.twitter.com/4HM4Xq3XIO
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 30, 2022
According to the six types posted by Tharoor on Twitter that had the signatures of 60 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates (10 every on six types), 10 delegates from Jammu and Kashmir and 10 delegates from Nagaland have backed Tharoor.
Among the outstanding leaders who supported Tharoor have been former Union ministers Soz, Kidwai, three MPs — Karti Chidambaram, Pradyut Bordoloi and Mohammad Jawaid — and Sandeep Dikshit.
Dikshit and Tharoor have been among the many group of 23 leaders who despatched a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020 in search of large-scale organisational reforms.
Interestingly, a majority of G-23 leaders have put their weight behind Kharge by turning into his proposers as an alternative of backing Tharoor who was a outstanding member of the grouping.
Attaching a screenshot of the six types of assist, Tharoor tweeted, “I present my 60 nominees. 12 states, all levels of leadership but all proud @INCIndia workers. ” “I thank them & the hundreds of staff they signify for the religion they’ve positioned in me.
I current my 60 nominees. 12 states, all ranges of management however all proud @INCIndia staff. I thank them & the hundreds of staff they signify for the religion they’ve positioned in me. Thanks, my Parliamentrary colleagues, for yr unwavering assist. #ThinkTharoorThinkTomorrow pic.twitter.com/qbml84m4Vk
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 1, 2022
Thanks, my Parliamentary colleagues, for yr unwavering assist,” he tweeted with the hashtag ‘Think Tharoor Think Tomorrow’.
“Colleagues from far and wide, thank you for your support for my candidacy,” Tharoor added.
According to a notification issued by the celebration on Thursday, the method for submitting nominations for the election was from September 24 to 30.
The polling, if wanted, will probably be held on October 17. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on October 19 and the outcomes will probably be declared the identical day. More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.
NEW DELHI: Former Union ministers Mohsina Kidwai, Saifuddin Soz, three MPs and G-23 chief Sandeep Dikshit are amongst those that signed the nomination types in assist of Shashi Tharoor’s candidacy for the submit of Congress president.
Tharoor posted six types on Twitter although he may submit solely 5 on Friday as he was late by a couple of minutes in submitting the sixth type.
Also, it was not recognized if all his 5 types have been admitted as Congress’ central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry stated on Saturday that out of the whole 20 nomination types, 4 have been rejected.
While one rejected type was of former Jharkhand minister Okay N Tripathi, Mistry refused to disclose who had filed the opposite three types that have been rejected. Party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Tharoor at the moment are left within the fray.
While Kharge had submitted 14 types, Tharoor submitted 5 and Tripathi one.
I’ve simply submitted my nomination papers as a candidate for the presidential election of @incindia. It is a privilege to serve the one celebration in India with an open democratic course of to decide on its chief. Greatly admire Soniaji’s steerage&imaginative and prescient.#ThinkTomorrowThinkTharoor pic.twitter.com/4HM4Xq3XIO
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 30, 2022
According to the six types posted by Tharoor on Twitter that had the signatures of 60 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates (10 every on six types), 10 delegates from Jammu and Kashmir and 10 delegates from Nagaland have backed Tharoor.
Among the outstanding leaders who supported Tharoor have been former Union ministers Soz, Kidwai, three MPs — Karti Chidambaram, Pradyut Bordoloi and Mohammad Jawaid — and Sandeep Dikshit.
Dikshit and Tharoor have been among the many group of 23 leaders who despatched a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020 in search of large-scale organisational reforms.
Interestingly, a majority of G-23 leaders have put their weight behind Kharge by turning into his proposers as an alternative of backing Tharoor who was a outstanding member of the grouping.
Attaching a screenshot of the six types of assist, Tharoor tweeted, “I present my 60 nominees. 12 states, all levels of leadership but all proud @INCIndia workers. ” “I thank them & the hundreds of staff they signify for the religion they’ve positioned in me.
I current my 60 nominees. 12 states, all ranges of management however all proud @INCIndia staff. I thank them & the hundreds of staff they signify for the religion they’ve positioned in me. Thanks, my Parliamentrary colleagues, for yr unwavering assist. #ThinkTharoorThinkTomorrow pic.twitter.com/qbml84m4Vk
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 1, 2022
Thanks, my Parliamentary colleagues, for yr unwavering assist,” he tweeted with the hashtag ‘Think Tharoor Think Tomorrow’.
“Colleagues from far and wide, thank you for your support for my candidacy,” Tharoor added.
According to a notification issued by the celebration on Thursday, the method for submitting nominations for the election was from September 24 to 30.
The polling, if wanted, will probably be held on October 17. The counting of votes will probably be taken up on October 19 and the outcomes will probably be declared the identical day. More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.
