Shashi Tharoor Replies To Who Is Modi’s Alternative Comment (image-twitter/shashitharoor)Replying to the media, Thiruvananthapuram Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the question of who could be an alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “irrelevant” in the parliamentary system. He then elaborated by reminding that we do not elect an individual as in the presidential form of governance.
But instead, a party or a coalition of parties, that represents a set of principles and convictions that are invaluable to preserve India’s diversity, pluralism and inclusive growth, the Congress leader added.
Yet again a journalist has asked me to identify an individual who is the alternative to Mr Modi.
The question is irrelevant in the Parliamentary system. We are not electing an individual (as In a presidential system), but a party, or coalition of parties, that represents a set…
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 3, 2024
He then indicating INDIA bloc leaders said that the alternative to Narendra Modi is a group of experienced, capable, and diverse Indian leaders who are responsive to people’s problems and not driven by individual ego.
Shashi Tharoor further stated that the Prime minister’s choice was “second consideration” and “protecting our democracy and diversity comes first”.
The Thiruvananthapuram sitting MP is now gearing up for his fourth Lok Sabha contest from the same seat. He will be up against BJP leader and union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Left front candidate Pannyan Ravindran.
Over the week, the Congress leader has been campaigning in his constituency for the upcoming election. Thiruvananthapuram will vote in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, on April 26.
Earlier in an interview with PTI, the Congress leader stood by dynasty politics in parties in the country. He said that it’s part of India’s culture and suggested it’s a common practice, not something unusual.
“It’s a relatively common thing that in India, much more than in the West, a father expects his son to follow his profession, and so it tends to go. So it’s not at all surprising that there is a certain level of ‘parivar vaad’ in all parties,” Tharoor was quoted as saying.
He then ridiculed the anti-dynasty campaign of Modi claiming that except the top leaders of the saffron party, all the ministers and MPs in the BJP are sons or daughters of other senior BJP officials.