Shashi Tharoor challenges BJP’s Chandrashekhar on criticism of constituency performance

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor hit back at BJP’s Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar over his allegations of non-performance and said his ‘ignorant rival’ should first tell voters what the saffron party has done for its constituents when he Was in power for the last time. 10 years.

“I would turn the question around and ask what has the BJP done for Thiruvananthapuram in its 10-year rule. Even the promises made in Parliament have not been honoured,” Tharoor said. PTI On Monday night, March 11.

He said the NDA has promised AIIMS, National Institute of Ayurveda and many others for Thiruvananthapuram.

Tharoor asked, “They make promises left, right and center and they never fulfill them. This is the track record of the BJP. Why should we trust any new promises from this party?”

However, Tharoor said he agreed with one of Chandrashekhar’s statements, which was that this election was not a fight between individuals.

“This is a fight between ideologies. We know what we stand for. Does he know what his party stands for? Can he defend the kind of communal agenda that we have seen the BJP coming up with?” ?I would like him to answer this question, Tharoor said.

He said he would release a 70-page report of all his achievements for the constituency in the last 15 years.

“I think we can educate our ignorant competitors about what performance really is,” he said.