Lok Sabha Elections: Shashi Tharoor Doesn’t Mention Opposition Leader’s Name; Says, ‘We Are Not Electing An Individual’

When asked who could challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor stressed the significance of putting principles and convictions ahead of “individual personalities in India’s parliamentary system” without mentioning any opposition leader.

According to Tharoor, a journalist had enquired about PM Modi’s alternative. He claimed that since we elect a party or coalition of parties rather than a single person in the parliamentary system, the topic of who might challenge Prime Minister Modi is “irrelevant.”

He wrote on X, “Yet again a journalist has asked me to identify an individual who is the alternative to Mr Modi.”

Tharoor said, unlike a presidential system, the Indian electorate is not electing an individual. Hence, the question is irrelevant.

He added, “We are not electing an individual (as In a presidential system), but a party, or coalition of parties, that represents a set of principles and convictions that are invaluable to preserve India’s diversity, pluralism and inclusive growth.”

According to Tharoor, the alternative to Modi is “a group of experienced, capable, and diverse Indian leaders” who put the good of the country above their own egos.

“Which specific person they will choose to be Prime Minister is a secondary consideration. Protecting our democracy and diversity comes first,” he added.

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