In the recent concluded 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Congress politician Shashi Tharoor had a third straight win from Thiruvananthapuram, with 3,33,415 votes over his nearest rival of the BJP. He said he felt like a batsman who has scored a century while his team has lost.

Now, the senior Congress leader has said that he is ready to take the responsibility of the Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha if the party offers him the job. "If offered, I am ready to be the Congress Lok Sabha leader," Tharoor, elected for a third consecutive term as an MP from Thiruvananthapuram, told Tiranga TV on Monday.