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Shashi Tharoor’s Thiruvananthapuram Winning Streak In BJP’s Crosshair

April 25, 2024 admin

Former Union Minister and Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat Shashi Tharoor (File). New Delhi: The Congress’ Shashi Tharoor is bidding for a four-peat of wins from Thiruvananthapuram, but arguably faces his toughest test yet in Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, meanwhile, must shake off controversy over his poll affidavit – which…

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Shashi Tharoor On AAP Leader’s Praise For Cricketer

April 24, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Congress veteran Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday backed his fellow MP and Rajya Sabha leader Harbhajan Singh after he heaped praise on Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson. Taking to his official X account, Mr Singh said that there shouldn’t be any debate about wicket-keeper batsman in India’s squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup…

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Lok Sabha Polls 2024: Thiruvananthapuram Has Been Denied Development, Jobs: Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

April 21, 2024 admin

The BJP has never won a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala (File) In a tough battle with sitting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for the prized Thiruvananthapuram seat, BJP candidate and Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday said the constituency has been deprived of development for the last 15-20 years. Speaking to ANI on Sunday, the…

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Congress’ Shashi Tharoor Was Asked Who Is PM Modi’s Alternative. His Reply

April 3, 2024 admin

Shashi Tharoor is currently campaigning in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said the question of who could be an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “irrelevant” in the parliamentary system because we do not elect an individual, but a party or coalition of parties. Yet again a journalist has asked…

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Shashi Tharoor On Lok Sabha Polls 2024

March 27, 2024 admin

Earlier in the day, Shashi Tharoor accused the BJP of hijacking democracy (File) Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the country, Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala, Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday collaborated with India’s International Movement to Unite Nations (IIMUN) and launched their campaign aimed at first-time voters. He took to…

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Congress Pick Linked To Platform Mocking Party? A Clarification Amid Row

March 24, 2024 admin

Congress has fielded Sunil Sharma from Jaipur Lok Sabha seat New Delhi: The Congress’s third list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls had big names such as Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, but its Jaipur pick has made the most headlines. Sunil Sharma, the party’s choice for the key seat, has emerged as a talking point for the…

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“Served Thiruvananthapuram For 15 Years, People Know Me”: Shashi Tharoor

March 10, 2024 admin

“It’s always been a three-cornered fight here because I took the seat from the LDF,” he said (File) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said that he has served the people of Thiruvananthapuram for 15 years and he is “very confident” of winning the Lok Sabha seat again. “I’ve served the people of…

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In Thiruvananthapuram, Stage Set For Rajeev Chandrasekhar-Shashi Tharoor Contest?

March 2, 2024 admin

Mr Chandrasekhar is an MP from the Rajya Sabha Setting up a possible mouth-watering contest in a state where it had failed to win even a single seat in 2019, the BJP has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, a constituency held by senior Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor for three straight terms. This…

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Only Way BJP Can Get Two Digits In Kerala If It’s Two Zeroes: Shashi Tharoor

February 28, 2024 admin

File photo Thiruvananthapuram: Arguing that the BJP’s vote share in Kerala has reached its saturation point, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor dismissed the prospect of the party doing better in the upcoming Lok Sabha election on Wednesday. “I am afraid the only way they can get two digits is if it is two zeroes. The issue…

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Muslim Body Removes Shashi Tharoor From Palestine Solidarity Event Amid Row

October 27, 2023 admin

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned Hamas attack on Israel during Palestine solidarity rally in Kerala. Thiruvananthapuram: The Mahal Empowerment Mission (MEM), an organisation of Muslim Jamaaths functioning in the state capital, on Friday decided to remove senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor from its Palestine solidarity event scheduled here on October 30. The…

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