Monday, April 20, 2009
Shashi Tharoor takes the rough road to parliament, through Kerala
If you're an overseas Indian planning to blitz your way into public life back home, nothing helps like a little grime and sweat, impressive professional credentials, and a smattering of the vernacular.
That, at least, was the expectation in the case of former United Nations Under-Secretary General Shashi Tharoor, who is running as the Congress Party's candidate for the lower house of parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.
"I am not a newcomer here. I've a house here - my mom lives here. I'll use all my contacts to bring in investments to my constituency. This is a vote for a stable government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," Tharoor was quoted as saying during a roadside stop in a BBC news report.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
That, at least, was the expectation in the case of former United Nations Under-Secretary General Shashi Tharoor, who is running as the Congress Party's candidate for the lower house of parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.
"I am not a newcomer here. I've a house here - my mom lives here. I'll use all my contacts to bring in investments to my constituency. This is a vote for a stable government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," Tharoor was quoted as saying during a roadside stop in a BBC news report.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: congress, constituency, elections, house of parliament, Kerala, language barrier, poor malayalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, shashi tharoor, Thiruvananthapuram
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