Himanta Sarma vs Shashi Tharoor: War of words between BJP and Congress over ‘courageous’ leaders | India News

NEW DELHI: Himanta Biswa Sarma and Shashi TharoorThe battle of words is over Conference leaders flocking to the saffron camp escalated the conflict between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, already tense ahead of the crucial election.
On Saturday, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma spoke in Parliament about the recent presidential election, saying that he hopes those who voted for Shashi Tharoor will join the BJP soon.
Notably, Sarma, a current key figure in the BJP hierarchy, served in Congress.

Sarma also shut down his old party because of the election Mallikarjun Kharge as its head and said if Shashi Tharoor will win the polls for the position, he will say that democracy has arrived in Parliament.
Speaking of those who voted for Tharoor in the polls, Sarma said there are a lot of good-minded people in Congress and they will come to the BJP soon. “1,000 people voted for Shashi Tharoor, I think they will be BJP participants in six months or a year,” he stated.
Congressman Shashi Tharoor, who was one of the candidates in the recent internal elections, reacted harshly to Sarma’s jabs at the party in the polls. He said only those who lack the courage to fight are tempted to join the BJP.

Besides that, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit also hit back at Sarma and said that he voted for Shashi Tharoor in the recent party president election just to make sure that people like him don’t get promoted in Parliament. .
In a video, MP Thiruvananthapuram countered Sarma’s statement, saying, “Those who show courage will never join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Only those who don’t have the courage to fight will have the courage to fight.” may be tempted.”
Meanwhile, rebutting the argument that the BJP does not hold internal democratic polls, Sarma said any BJP president must go through a democratic process and he or she cannot be controlled remotely. .
Sarma also said that by 2024, the BJP will be expanded to two or three states and this expansion will continue for two more elections. “By 2029, you’ll see BJPs everywhere in the country,” he added.
Notably, ahead of the elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, several leaders have switched to the BJP, including Gujarat’s Patidar leader, Hardik Patel.
Tharoor is competing with senior party colleague Mallikarjun Kharge for the position of party chairman. Kharge overtook Tharoor to become the first non-Gandhi National Assembly speaker in 24 years.
Kharge received 7,897 votes in the presidential election to Tharoorof 1,072 in the October 17 polls. He was elected president of the National Assembly on October 19.
Shortly after his poll victory, Kharge said the party presented an “example of strengthening the country’s democracy by holding organized elections” at a time when “democracy under threat” in the country.