Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on October 2, 2022 said veteran party leader Mallikarjun Kharge has the experience to strengthen the Congress and would emerge as a clear winner in the party presidential poll, while his rival in the race Shashi Tharoor belongs to the "elite class".
“Kharge has a long political experience. He has a clean heart, he comes from the Dalit community and (Kharge contesting election) is being welcomed everywhere,” he told reporters after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the secretariat in Jaipur.
Mr. Gehlot, one of the proposers of Mr. Kharge, said Tharoor is also a good man and has good thoughts but he is from the elite class.
