Digital Desk: Rahul Gandhi, the former president of the Congress, debunked claims that the Gandhi family will have remote control over the future party leader on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi was
speaking at a press conference in Tumkur, Karnataka. He has been the focal
point of the Congress' Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra.
"Both candidates
(Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor) have a standpoint and a perspective
(for the Congress presidential election). They are strong, intelligent
individuals. Neither of them, in my opinion, will serve as a remote control. Sincerely,
I believe that this tone is demeaning to them both," he remarked.
Kharge had dismissed
the backstage remote control claims, saying, "People think I am a remote
control and work from backstage. They claim that I will follow Sonia Gandhi's
lead. In Congress, there is no such thing as a remote control, let me assure you.
Collectively, people make decisions. You are thinking it. I am aware that
certain individuals are working to develop this concept.
"Both candidates
(Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor) have a standpoint and a perspective
(for the Congress presidential election). They are strong, intelligent
individuals. Neither of them, in my opinion, will serve as a remote control.
Sincerely, I believe that this tone is demeaning to them both," he
remarked.
Kharge had dismissed
the backstage remote control claims, saying, "People think I am a remote
control and work from backstage. They claim that I will follow Sonia Gandhi's
lead. In Congress, there is no such thing as a remote control, let me assure
you. Collectively, people make decisions. You are thinking about it. I am aware that
certain individuals are working to develop this concept.
