{"id":237147,"date":"2022-09-19T13:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=237147"},"modified":"2022-09-19T13:52:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:52:00","slug":"shashi-tharoor-meets-sonia-gandhi-after-sharing-post-on-congress-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/19\/shashi-tharoor-meets-sonia-gandhi-after-sharing-post-on-congress-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Shashi Tharoor Meets Sonia Gandhi After Sharing Post On Congress Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Shashi Tharoor Meets Sonia Gandhi After Sharing Post On Congress Reforms\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Shashi Tharoor Meets Sonia Gandhi After Sharing Post On Congress Reforms\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Shashi Tharoor Meets Sonia Gandhi After Sharing Post On Congress Reforms\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-09\/63j9p65_shashi-tharoor-rahul-gandhi_625x300_19_September_22.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-19T13:52:38+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=655144&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/19092022_n_ShashiTharoor_116790_90887_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T2M07S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-09\/63j9p65_shashi-tharoor-rahul-gandhi_625x300_19_September_22.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=655144&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Shashi Tharoor&#8217;s move comes ahead of the Congress internal election scheduled for October. File<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shashi Tharoor, who is believed to be considering running for Congress president, met with Sonia Gandhi today, shortly after giving his public approval to a petition seeking reforms in the party.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram endorsed on Twitter a petition by a group of young party members seeking reforms and a pledge by candidates for Congress chief to implement the party&#8217;s Udaipur declaration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I welcome this petition that is being circulated by a group of young <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCIndia<\/a> members, seeking constructive reforms in the Party. It has gathered over 650 signatures so far. I am happy to endorse it &amp; to go beyond it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2yPViCDv0v\">https:\/\/t.co\/2yPViCDv0v<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/waGb2kdbTu\">pic.twitter.com\/waGb2kdbTu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShashiTharoor\/status\/1571724950167494657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;Udaipur declaration&#8221; adopted by the Congress leadership in May sums up the party&#8217;s commitment to fair internal elections and rules that allow one candidate per family and one person per post, besides a five-year cap on posts.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharoor shared the petition on Twitter, adding that it has been signed by over 650 people till now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I welcome this petition that is being circulated by a group of young Congress members, seeking constructive reforms in the Party. It has gathered over 650 signatures so far. I am happy to endorse it and to go beyond it,&#8221; the former Union Minister tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharoor&#8217;s move comes amid signs that the Congress is heading to its October internal election with a predilection for a Gandhi as chief.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the party asked its state units to request Sonia Gandhi to pick state unit chiefs and members to the powerful All India Congress Committee (AICC). Critics like the &#8220;G-23&#8221; leaders &#8211; who wrote to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 asking for internal reforms &#8211; feel it sets the stage for the Gandhis keeping the top post, with or without an election.<\/p>\n<p>As many as three state Congress units have urged Rahul Gandhi to reconsider his decision to keep out of the race and take charge as Congress president. More states may follow.<\/p>\n<p>To many, the move smacks of an attempt to choose a Congress president by consensus instead of an election.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tharoor is a member of the &#8220;G-23&#8221; and has not ruled out the possibility of contesting the Congress president polls.<\/p>\n<p>He had told PTI recently: &#8220;I have only welcomed the fact that an election will be held. I believe that is very good for the party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Of course it is gratifying that this general statement of democratic principle has immediately led to large numbers of people around the country welcoming the prospect of my contesting. But as I have made it clear, I have not declared my candidacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope many will contest in order to give the membership a wide choice. So far I have neither ruled myself in nor ruled myself out,&#8221; the former Union minister had asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Members can file nominations between September 24 and 30. The election, if required, will be held on October 17 and the results will be declared two days later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/shashi-tharoor-sonia-gandhi-congress-president-election-shashi-tharoor-meets-sonia-gandhi-after-sharing-post-on-congress-reforms-3357209\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Shashi Tharoor&#8217;s move comes ahead of the Congress internal election scheduled for October. File New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, who is believed to be considering running for Congress president, met with Sonia Gandhi today, shortly after giving his public approval to a petition seeking reforms in the party. 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