» Shashi Tharoor Visits Hyderabad, Revanth Reddy Evades Him
Shashi Tharoor Visits City, Revanth Reddy Evades Him
Reddy reportedly did not receive Tharoor as he was asked by the Congress high command to extend his support to the other party presidential aspirant Mallikarjun Kharge.
MP and Congress presidential post aspirant Shashi Tharoor today toured the city as part of his election campaigning.
Several State party leaders welcomed Tharoor.
However, TPCC president Revanth Reddy kept himself away from the event.
It is learnt that Reddy did not receive Tharoor as he had a clear message from the party high command to extend his complete support to the other presidential aspirant Mallikarjun Kharge.
However, Tharoor still tweeted that he was expressing his deep condolences at the death of a relative of Revanth Reddy, and that he looked forward to meeting Reddy on a different occasion.
He also said that he was extending his greetings to Reddy and his team members.
Veteran party leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digivijay Singh bowed out of the race for the president's post following the entry of the party's veteran leader Kharge, who is a known loyalist of the Gandhi family.
Kharge has rich political experience as the leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha and as a former union minister.
The election for the Congress president post is scheduled to be held on October 17.