Congress has fielded Sunil Sharma from Jaipur Lok Sabha seat
New Delhi:
The Congress’s third listing of candidates for Lok Sabha polls had massive names similar to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, however its Jaipur decide has made probably the most headlines. Sunil Sharma, the occasion’s alternative for the important thing seat, has emerged as a speaking level for the previous two days over his alleged hyperlinks with a platform, ‘The Jaipur Dialogues’, recognized to mock the Congress occasion and its leaders.
The Clarification
Mr Sharma has issued a press release, saying that whereas he has attended some panel discussions hosted by Jaipur Dialogues, he has no hyperlink with its administration.
I’m under no circumstances associated to the Jaipur dialogues YouTube channel or Twitter deal with. That is utterly faux information and false propaganda being floated to decrease the prospects of the Congress Celebration.
— Sunil Sharma (@I_SunilSharma) March 23, 2024
“I used to be by no means related to the administration of Jaipur Dialogues YouTube channel. I’m typically invited by TV channels and YouTube platforms as a panelist to articulate the Congress perspective. In the identical manner, The Jaipur Dialogues invited me to talk on social points and elaborate the Congress imaginative and prescient. There I strongly opposed spiritual bigotry,” he mentioned in a press release in Hindi, posted on X.
Social media customers have additionally shared screenshots of Jaipur Dialogues Discussion board firm profile that title one Sunil Sharma as director. The Congress candidate has mentioned in his clarification that he parted methods with the corporate lengthy again and rumours are actually being unfold with vested pursuits.
He has additionally claimed that the Jaipur Dialogues Discussion board firm has no hyperlink with these managing the YouTube profile, The Jaipur Dialogues.
However the addresses on the Jaipur Dialogues web site and the corporate profile are the identical. And the web site results in the Youtube web page. In impact, Mr Sharma appears to say that he was related to the corporate, however not with its social media handles.
A Story Of Two Sunil Sharmas
Mr Sharma has mentioned in his assertion that he has attended panel discussions hosted by The Jaipur Dialogues. Apparently, the listing of audio system for similar to occasion organised in November options Sunil Sharma. However whereas the picture is of the Congress chief, the outline says he’s “presently serving because the UT (Union Territory) Basic Secretary, Incharge of the Kashmir Division, and Doda Ramban”. Now there’s a BJP chief and former minister in Jammu and Kashmir, additionally known as Sunil Sharma, who now holds the BJP put up talked about subsequent to the picture of the Congress chief.
Shashi Tharoor’s “Pauline Epiphany” Jab
Amid the befuddlement over the Congress decide, occasion chief and its Thiruvananthapuram candidate Shashi Tharoor has flagged posts by the Jaipur Dialogues deal with focusing on him. Questioning how the person, allegedly linked to the platform, has ended up on the Congress candidates listing, Mr Tharoor posted, “He should have undergone some form of Pauline epiphany on the street to 24 Akbar!”
He should have undergone some form of Pauline epiphany on the street to 24 Akbar! This is only one of a number of dozen tweets from his deal with attacking me:https://t.co/mJy9ZyBWG0https://t.co/3DjWW8dtbq
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 23, 2024
Whereas 24 Akbar Highway is the tackle of the Congress headquarters, “Pauline Epiphany” appears to check with the New Testomony occasion that led Paul The Apostle to cease persecuting Christians and change into a follower of Jesus.
