THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: KPCC president K Sudhakaran said Shashi Tharoor is qualified to contest for the post of Congress President. Congress is a democratic party. If he wishes to compete, let him contest. He said whoever gets more votes will win and the new president of Congress will be found through democratic process. There is no need to blame him if he wants to contest and he is an eligible candidate, said Sudhakaran.

Meantime, it is almost clear that there will be no one from the Gandhi family for the post. AICC sources said Rahul, Sonia or Priyanka Gandhi will not file nomination papers for the post. If there is no one from the Gandhi family, Tharoor or Manish Tiwari may contest as G23 candidate. Among them, chances are more for Tharoor. He has also the support of Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress.