Senior leaders Shashi Tharoor and Ashok Gehlot, who are set for an electoral contest for the post of Congress president, not only possess contrasting demeanour but have had an equally disparate political journey.
While Rajasthan Chief Minister Gehlot has announced his candidature, former Union Minister Mr. Tharoor has also made his intentions clear by getting the nomination forms collected on Saturday.
On one side is 71-year-old Mr. Gehlot, a grassroots politician connected with the Congress from student days, an organisational man who always toes the party line and a mass leader, and on the other is 66-year-old Mr. Tharoor — articulate, erudite and suave — who is known for speaking his mind and joined the Congress in 2009 after a long stint at the United Nations.
