After missing out from the first list of Congress’ star campaigners for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, party leader Shashi Tharoor’s name remains missing even from the second list of star campaigners.
Tharoor’s name did not feature in the list of 40 star campaigners for the party that included the likes of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Among the other star campaigners listed by the party are Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, CLP leader in Kerala Ramesh Chennithala, former chief ministers Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Chavan.
Earlier this week, Tharoor’s name was not included in the first list of star campaigners for the Assembly elections in Gujarat.
When asked if he was disappointed over his name not featuring on the list, Tharoor said, “The Congress knows who or what is best for it, so the question of disappointment is irrelevant.”
It should be noted that Tharoor had lost to Kharge in the party’s presidential poll last month but had secured over 1,000 votes out of the more than 9,000 votes cast.
In the past, Tharoor has campaigned for the party in Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai in 2014 and 2019; in Kerala Assembly elections in 2011, 2016 and 2021; local self-government elections in Kerala in 2010, 2015 and 2020; and most recently in the Noida by-election for Pankhuri Pathak.
