Lok Sabha polls | Won’t base my stand on fake contenders: Shashi Tharoor

Updated : Mar 03, 2024 14:09
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is set to fight BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming elections.

Speaking to News 18, Tharoor predicted that the BJP would not have any success in the southern states, including Kerala.

Tharoor said that he has a good track record of service to constituents and has taken major development initiatives to cater to the voters.

Without naming anyone, the Congress MP said he won't base his stand on fake contenders and that there have been contenders each time. 

"I am not anxious about any major BJP resurgence in either Kerala or Tamil Nadu. They have had some success in the recent past in Telangana and Karnataka but I am sure they will have less success this time. There is not such as anti-incumbency," Tharoor told News18.

Notably, the BJP did not win any of the 20 seats in Kerala in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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