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BIG STORY JUNE 06, 2024 | The Indian Eye 10

INDIAN ELECTIONS 2024

Tharoor survives, Kangana wins easily

and Smriti bites the dust

A look at some of the star candidates and their performance in the polls

Shashi Tharoor of Congress

OUR BUREAU the people of Thiruvananthapuram.
Congress leader Tharoor has
New Delhi
maintained a winning streak from
fter a neck-and-neck fight, Con- 2009 to 2019 in this seat.
gress incumbent MP Shashi In Amethi, Congress’ KL Shar-
ATharoor has won Kerala’s Thi- ma defeated BJP leader Smriti Irani
ruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat who said on Tuesday that she gave 10
against BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar years of her life to Amethi and will
for a record fourth term. In the early continue to serve the area in times Kangana Ranaut
trends, BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar to come. “I express my gratitude to
was leading by over 20,000 votes. all the BJP party workers and sup- the people of Amethi...the counting ning from Mandi constituency in the
However, Tharoor later gained the porters, those who have worked in is still taking place, so I won’t call it a state on her electoral debut and stat-
lead, according to ECI data. the service of the constituency and victory now,” Sharma told ANI ear- ed that he stands by the people of the
The Congress incumbent MP the party with dedication and loyalty. lier. Sharma has got 5,36,680 votes constituency and would continue to
won the seat by a margin of over Today, I am grateful to PM Narendra while Smriti Irani has got 3,70,754. work for its development.
16,077 votes. Tharoor said that the Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath that Meanwhile in Punjab, as the Shi- Speaking to ANI, Singh said, “I
BJP put up an enormous fight and their governments have completed romani Akali Dal (SAD) was leading would like to thank the people of
described it as a super over condition. the pending works of 30 years in just on the Bathinda seat, party leader Mandi for giving a 45 per cent vote
“This is a blessing for the fourth 5 years. I congratulate those who win. and candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal share to Congress. I congratulate BJP
time, and I will do my best to be wor- I will continue to be in the service of thanked the party workers, saying candidate Kangana Ranaut for win-
thy of that trust to serve them well. the people of Amethi,” Irani said at that the victory belongs to the people ning the Mandi Lok Sabha seat and
The world T20 is going on, but the a press conference. of the constituency. “I want to thank hope that the development works
super over was here. The BJP put up “We will strengthen the organi- my party workers who worked hard promised by them are completed. I
an enormous fight. One important zation. We are the ones who have day and night. This victory belongs to stand with the people of Mandi. Like
message from Suresh Gopi in Thris- served the area with devotion. I the people of Bathinda who gave me I said earlier, whether we win or lose,
sur is that his systematic outreach to went to every village in the area and an opportunity to serve them”, Badal we stand by them and will work for
minority communities. It is a very worked. I gave 10 years of my life to said while speaking to reporters in the development of Mandi.”
strong message to the BJP that a this area,” she added. Punjab’s Bathinda. “Whether it is the smart city proj-
communal campaign won’t go very KL Sharma, the long associate In Himachal Pradesh, Congress ect or the tunnel infrastructure, we will
far in Kerala,” Tharoor said. of the Gandhi family was given the leader and candidate from the Man- work to take our development work
Rajeev Chandrasekhar ex- responsibility of winning back the di Lok Sabha seat, Vikramaditya forward. We will also analyse why we
pressed his disappointment over the party’s once-held bastion. “This is Singh, congratulated actor and BJP got left behind and work to perform
loss but affirmed his commitment to the victory of the Gandhi family and candidate Kangana Ranaut for win- better in the next elections,” he said.

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