”It is at all times been a three-cornered struggle right here as a result of I took the seat from the LDF,” he mentioned (File)
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala):
Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Sunday mentioned that he has served the folks of Thiruvananthapuram for 15 years and he’s ”very assured” of successful the Lok Sabha seat once more.
”I’ve served the folks of Thiruvananthapuram for 15 years. They know me and have seen my service. It is not as if I’ve acquired something to be ashamed of in my observe file. I have been persistently obtainable and attended to all the key points,” he mentioned.
”It is at all times been a three-cornered struggle right here as a result of I took the seat from the LDF. They’d gained it two instances earlier than me after which within the final two instances, the BJP got here second. So we’ve got to take each candidates severely. I am very assured that I might prevail,” Mr Tharoor added.
Notably, BJP has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar towards Congress MP Mr Tharoor.
That is the primary time that Chandrasekhar has been fielded for Lok Sabha polls. He additionally served as a nationwide spokesperson of the BJP.
”That is the marketing campaign I sit up for, the marketing campaign I’ll begin very shortly. I’ll confront the very important problems with the folks of Trivandrum,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar mentioned.
Congress launched its first checklist of candidates for 39 Lok Sabha constituencies. The names have been introduced for Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshwadeep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana and Tripura.
Of the whole 39 candidates introduced, 16 are from Kerala, seven from Karnataka and 6 from Chhattisgarh, 4 from Telangana. Two from Meghalaya and one every from Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshwadeep. The checklist was launched after the get together held its Central Election Committee assembly on Thursday.
The BJP has already launched its first checklist of 195 candidates. The Lok Sabha polls are prone to be held in April-Could this 12 months.
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