Congress May Nominate Kharge Or Rahul Gandhi As PM If INDIA Alliance Comes To Power: Tharoor

Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor said on Monday that he feels the party could nominate either its chief Mallikarjun Kharge or former AICC president Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister if the INDIA alliance comes to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Tharoor sees chances of INDIA alliance coming to power

Tharoor said there could be a surprise result in the election next year as there is an opposition coalition and there are chances of the INDIA alliance coming to power at the Centre by trouncing the BJP-led NDA in the general elections.

Tough fight for Congress in 2024 polls

So well have to wait and see, he said while interacting with professionals of a US-based and Silicon Valley-incubated D2C Direct-to-Consumer marketplace Way.com after inaugurating its office at Technopark here.

Kharge or Rahul as PM?

Talking about the post-poll scenario, he said, I think that once the result comes out, then because its a coalition and not one party, the leaders of those parties will have to get together and pick someone. But my guess is that from the Congress Party, its going to be either Mr. Kharge, who then will be the first Dalit prime minister of India, or Rahul Gandhi, since in very many ways it Congress is a family-run party.

Tharoor confident in his abilities

Tharoor, who is a former union minister, said the Prime Minister is the first among equals, and he was confident in his ability to perform whatever responsibilities may be assigned to him.