‘Get Home In Order’: Sanjay Jha’s Message To Rahul Gandhi Amid Shashi Tharoor Rift Rumours – News18

Final Up to date:February 25, 2025, 00:04 IST

Sanjay Jha, in his letter, straight questioned Congress’ inside management, notably its dealing with of Tharoor.

Amid the rumours a few potential “rift” between the Congress management and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha on Monday wrote an open letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi urging him to resolve inside points and never stay in denial.

“I’m writing to you publicly right here as a result of nobody inside the Congress might be going to inform you this. In order ordinary, let me bell the cat,” Jha stated in an extended publish on X.

“Management (company or political or every other) is about having tough conversations. It’s about trouble-shooting. It’s not about dwelling in denial; issues must be addressed, they can’t be wished away,” Jha stated.

The previous get together spokesperson additional questioned Congress’ inside management, notably its dealing with of Tharoor. “You and I each know that Shashi is an impressive parliamentarian. He’s most likely among the many solely few within the nation to whom the cliché, ‘He wants no introduction’ really applies,” he wrote.

“It’s subsequently disappointing that after once more an excellent asset of the get together is being pressured to speak to the media to get his message by way of to you or the Congress management,” he added.

He additional stated that the Congress should be centered on taking over the BJP, “however a prerequisite for that’s to first get the home so as.”

“This can’t turn into an ongoing unresolved problem for years because it paralyses the power and drive of the Congress employees and supporters. A challenger get together must be swift, determined, risk-taking, hungry and on a relentless prowl. It can’t be enterprise as ordinary, for positive,” Jha stated.

Jha concluded, “We have to hit the nail on the pinnacle going ahead, however proper now, we appear to be hitting our head on the nail.”

Tharoor not too long ago posted a cryptic quote from English poet Thomas Grey—”The place ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be smart”—fueling hypothesis about tensions between him and the get together management.

Tharoor not too long ago stated that he’s out there for the get together, nonetheless, additionally warned that he had “choices” if the get together didn’t require his providers. Nonetheless, Tharoor dismissed talks of switching events, stating that he didn’t consider in leaping ships even when he had variations in opinions within the get together.

The Congress chief’s remarks got here after he not too long ago praised the Kerala authorities’s insurance policies and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assembly with US President Donald Trump in Washington DC. His gestures didn’t go down effectively with the grand previous get together.

Reacting to the controversy, Tharoor stated that he had “slender political ideas” and didn’t consider himself as a politician. He stated that Congress must broaden its base in Kerala to realize new voters and flagged that there’s an absence of a frontrunner within the state unit of the get together.

A four-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Tharoor cautioned that if the Congress didn’t broaden its attraction, it risked remaining within the opposition for a 3rd consecutive time period in Kerala, the place Meeting elections are set to happen subsequent yr.