Shashi Tharoor gets Sonia Gandhi's approval to run for Congress president: Sources

Shashi Tharoor on Monday received Sonia Gandhi's approval to contest the party’s presidential polls on October 17, sources told India TV. 

Gandhi's blessing for the Kerala MP came hours after her meeting with Tharoor earlier today. The MP from Thiruvananthapuram had earlier welcomed elections in the party and said that Rahul Gandhi's refusal to be appointed as the Congress President was disappointing. 

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Tharoor is a part of the G-23 leaders, who had been demanding an organizational overhaul. Tharoor earlier also endorsed a petition by a group of young party members seeking "constructive reforms" before meeting Gandhi.

The petition shared by Tharoor on Twitter sought reforms and a pledge by AICC president candidates to implement the Udaipur Declaration in its entirety if elected. The former Union minister said it had been signed by over 650 people so far.