Shashi Tharoor will also pay his tributes at Deekshabhoomi!
Nagpur: On Saturday, 01 October 202, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will start his campaign for the party president's election by visiting the Deekshabhoomi monument in Nagpur.
Mr Tharoor will pay his tributes at Deekshabhoomi, where Dr B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with his followers in 1956, on Saturday, said Maharashtra Congress leader Ashish Deshmukh.
Mr. Deshmukh has organised the Thiruvananthapuram MP's visit here.
On Friday, Shashi Tharoor filed his nomination for the Congress president's election in Delhi.
As per the schedule of his visit, Mr. Tharoor will land at the Nagpur airport at 4.50 pm on Saturday. From there, he will leave for Deekshabhoomi here where he will pay his tributes to Dr Ambedkar and later address a press conference there.
On Sunday, Mr. Tharoor will visit Mahatma Gandhi's Sewagram Ashram at Wardha at 9 am and later go to Vinoba Bhave's Ashram in Pavnar. He will return to Nagpur by 12.45 pm and hold meetings with senior Congress leaders, the party's state unit members and party workers.
Mr. Deshmukh said, "Mr. Tharoor is a popular Congress MP who has done remarkable work for the country at the international level. The election for Congress party president is an important step for decentralization in the party."
Mr. Deshmukh claimed that Congress delegates in 12 states have openly backed Mr. Tharoor and he is getting the support of party leaders and activists from the entire nation.
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