NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor, MP, on Monday lashed out at the Congress national leadership after its election defeat in five states. Tharoor wrote on Facebook that change was essential for the Congress to succeed and that the organization need to be reformed. Tharoor wrote on Facebook that it It is time to reaffirm the idea of India that the Congress has stood for and the positive agenda it offers the nation and to reform our organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people.

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All of us who believe in Indian National Congress are hurting from the results of the recent assembly elections. It is time to reaffirm the idea of India that the Congress has stood for and the positive agenda it offers the nation and to reform our organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people. One thing is clear - Change is unavoidable if we need to succeed.