Shashi Tharoor praises Congress president Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 29: At a press conference held on the sidelines of the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday, two-time Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, indicated that there may be changes in the Congress party soon. "Give the new President Rahul Gandhi some time to review the situation. There will be a reshuffling of the deck as it were," he said.

Rahul Gandhi took over as the Congress president last month (December 16, 2017) from his mother Sonia Gandhi, two days before Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections results were announced. While the Congress lost both the states, their performance in Gujarat, a state which had not voted for the party in 22 years, was better than many had expected.

Tharoor said the Congress President is far being a "reluctant politician". "I don't think anyone would have put up with the gruelling schedule he had in Gujarat and everyone saw the results," he added.