In an recent interview Shashi Tharoor said that the Congress has no time to sit and lick its wounds as it must immediately pick itself up for the upcoming state elections. Shashi Tharoor, who scored an electoral hat-trick by winning from the Thiruvanathapuram seat in the Lok Sabha polls, also said he is ready to take on the job of the Congress' leader in the Lok Sabha if offered the post.
Talking about Rahul Gandhi's resignation he said "Rahul Gandhi is the best person to pull the Congress out of its predicament following the setback in the Lok Sabha polls, says party leader Shashi Tharoor while declaring that his party is "alive and kicking" and it is too premature to write its obituary."
The party faces an existential crisis with the party president adamant on his decision to quit after the poll debacle winning just 52 Lok Sabha seats and its state governments facing an uncertain future.
Tharoor added saying "The Congress still represents the only credible national alternative to the BJP and it will take its message to the country, hopefully under Gandhi's leadership."
He also said that "I think it does a disservice to the very complex challenges facing the Congress party to reduce it to a question of one person. While Rahulji has bravely taken full responsibility for the defeat, we all are responsible for what went wrong and we all have a responsibility to ensure the party's revival. That is the kind of place he has built in the hearts of the rank and file of the Congress party and therefore, to my mind, he still undoubtedly remains the best person to help rally the party out of the predicament it finds itself in and help us collectively move forward."
He strongly disagreed with Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav's recent "ill-considered" statement that the "Congress must die". He replied saying"I genuinely and passionately believe that what the Congress stands for and offers the nation is fundamentally indispensable to the future of the country
