Shashi Tharoor advocates opportunities for youth in elections

Congress Working Committee member and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about providing opportunities for younger people to contest polls indicating that his upcoming fight from Thiruvananthapuram in the general elections may be his last in the constituency reported news agency PTITalking to reporters on the sidelines of a Congress programme on Thursday Shashi Tharoor however said there was no finality about it since it is politicsI do believe that at some point the time comes to make room for younger people And thats my thinking he said reported PTIIn the same breath he said In politics there is another slogan which is never say never reported PTIHe was responding to a query on his remarks in a recent TV show in which he repeatedly said the 2024 Lok Sabha elections may mark his final contest from the Thiruvananthapuram constituencyI didnt say never I said I think it will be my last election Tharoor clarified reported PTIThe Congress leader said if he is going to contest the polls from Thiruvananthapuram he would fight it as though it were his last election in full spirits doing his very best for the people reported PTITharoor who entered politics over a decade ago achieved a resounding victory in the 2009 general election securing the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala and marking his debut in ParliamentIn his first electoral battle Tharoor triumphed over his closest CPI rival P Ramachandran Nair by a substantial margin of over 95000 votesFollowing this success he maintained his hold on the seat with decisive victories in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha electionsBefore beginning his political career Tharoor worked with the United Nations and in 2006 represented India as the official candidate for the position of UN SecretaryGeneral finishing in second place out of seven candidates in the raceMeanwhile Shashi Tharoor on Friday claimed that the upcoming consecration of the Ram Mandir and the inauguration of the BAPS Temple in Abu Dhabi showed that the BJP was reverting to its core message The Congress leader also questioned the BJP about the Acche Din promised to the people of the countryTharoor a day after the Prime Minister accepted an invitation to inaugurate the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi in February 2024 took to social media platform X to pose questions targeted at the PMSo Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22nd and the BAPS Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi on February 14th I expect elections to be called very soon thereafter The message is clear In 2009 Mr Modi was sold to the Indian electorate as the avatar of economic development the CEO of Gujarat Inc who would bring development to all Indians Tharoor wrote on XWith inputs from PTI