As the election of the new President of the Congress party is approaching. The leaders are now coming out openly in support of the candidature of the candidates. So far, veteran leaders were not able to openly praise or support a candidate. But now this series has started rapidly. Manish Tiwari, one of the veteran leaders of the Congress and a member of the G-23 group, has openly spoken in support of Mallikarjun Kharge. The election for the post of Congress President will be held on 17th and the results will be declared on 19th October.
Congress leader Tiwari has given a statement about Kharge’s candidature, that he is capable of providing stability to the party as the president. As a president, the Congress party will be in “safe hands”. Congress party desperately needs a president like him. He has openly supported Kharge’s candidature, while G-23 group member Shashi Tharoor is also in the fray. There is a direct contest between Kharge and Tharoor for the post of president.
Tewari said that Kharge is one of the leaders dedicated to the service of Congress if all the facts are considered and evaluated objectively. He has spent more than 50 years of his life in the service of Congress party. In all these matters, I believe, the Congress party needs ‘safe hands’ in the form of Kharge. He said that Kharge is a leader with a very calm personality, who has risen from the lowest positions in the party. He expressed the hope that the Congress, which needs stability, can certainly provide that.
Please tell that Tiwari is one of the proponents of Kharge. Along with Tiwari, another G23 leader Anand Sharma is also a proponent. Other party leaders who supported Kharge’s nomination on September 30 include AK Antony, Ashok Gehlot, Ambika Soni, Mukul Wasnik, Abhishek Singhvi, Ajay Maken, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Digvijay Singh, Tariq Anwar, Salman Khurshid, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda, V Narayanasamy. V Vaithilingam, Pramod Tiwari, PL Punia, Avinash Pandey, Rajeev Shukla, Syed Naseer Hussain, Raghuveer Singh Meena, Dheeraj Prasad Sahu, Tarsem Chand Bagri, Prithviraj Chavan, Kamleshwar Patel, Moolchand Meena, Dilip Gajjar, Sanjay Kapoor and Vineet Punia etc. visibly included.
Tiwari said that Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will always have a role in the party. He said that Sonia Gandhi has always discharged her duties with fairness. Targeting the BJP, he asked when was the last time democratic elections were held in the party.
On the issue of abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir by the Center, Tiwari said that the matter is sub-judice before the Supreme Court and the matter will be heard on October 31. He said that Jammu and Kashmir has always been and will be an integral part of India… He also said that Article 370 was not implemented by Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the Constituent Assembly of India, which included Syama Prasad Mookerjee, implemented Article 370 there. PLC/GT
