Congress MP Shashi Tharoor indicated that the upcoming 2024 contest from Thiruvananthapuram in the Lok Sabha polls could also be his last outing on the sector, whereas additionally advocating offering opportunities to the youthful technology to struggle elections. Tharoor, nonetheless, stated that there isn’t a finality about it since it’s politics.
“I do believe that at some point, the time comes to make room for younger people. And that’s my thinking”, he stated whereas speaking to the reporters on the sidelines of a Congress programme on Thursday (December 28).
“Never say never”
In the identical breath, he stated, “In politics, there is another slogan which is ‘never say never'”.
He was responding to a query on his remarks in a latest TV present in which he repeatedly stated that the following 12 months’s common elections could mark his ultimate contest from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.
“I didn’t say never, I said I think it will be my last election,” Tharoor clarified.
He stated that if he contests polls from the constituency, he would struggle it as if it have been his last election, in full spirits, and delivering his greatest for the individuals.
Tharoor’s political profession
Shashi Tharoor entered politics a decade in the past and received an emphatic victory in the 2009 common elections, securing the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala to enter the Parliament for the primary time.
In his first electoral battle, Tharoor triumphed over his closest CPI rival P Ramachandran Nair by a considerable margin of over 95,000 votes.
Tharoor has been undefeated on the seat with victories in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Before starting his political profession, Tharoor labored with the United Nations, and in 2006 represented India because the official candidate for the place of UN Secretary-General, ending in second place out of seven candidates in the race.
(With PTI inputs)
