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Shashi Tharoor for PM: Online campaign creates flutter

  • The petition addresses Congress President Sonia Gandhi, AICC and UPA  
Shashi Tharoor for PM  Online campaign creates flutter

 

Just a day after the UP drubbing put the Congress high command in a weak spot, an online campaign was kickstarted by projecting former union minister Shashi Tharoor as the Prime Ministerial candidate of UPA. 

 

A petition addressing Congress president Sonia Gandhi, AICC and UPA 'nominates' Shashi Tharoor for the top post. The country "requires a strong public interest-based opposition led by a visionary leader capable of Prime Ministership," it says.  

 

More than 5000 netizens have seconded the petition posted by Paul Trivanduram on the popular petition site change.org.

 

The petition mentions the achievements of Tharoor from his long career at UN to his back to back election victories from Thiruvananthapuram. " He chose to be elected by the people, not the soft entry option through Rajya Sabha," the petitioner stated.  "Tharoor is a man well qualified with deep knowledge of international and national issues, who can connect with the people of India and with world leaders," it read. 
 

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Writer and orator, Shashi Tharoor is representing Thiruvananthapuram in Lok Sabha. He was elected from Kerala capital twice, and in 2014, he won despite a strong anti-incumbency wave and controversies surrounding his personal life. 

 

Tharoor camp has not endorsed the online petition. 


 

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