Sunil Sharma, the Congress get together’s candidate for the Jaipur Lok Sabha seat, has discovered himself embroiled in controversy following allegations of his affiliation with The Jaipur Dialogues, a Proper-leaning platform that has made content material crucial of the Congress and its leaders, particularly the Gandhi household. The difficulty gained traction on social media, prompting a response from senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor.
Posts on social media surfaced questioning the Congress get together’s alternative of candidate, sharing how The Jaipur Dialogues has attacked the get together previously and has additionally posted controversial opinions on communal issues.
In a publish on X, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor additionally questioned Sharma’s affiliation with the right-wing platform, suggesting, “He will need to have undergone some type of Pauline epiphany on the street to 24 Akbar!”
He went on to share the hyperlink of a earlier publish of The Jaipur Dialogues’ on ‘X’, previously Twitter, focusing on him.
Because the controversy refused to finish, Sharma distanced himself from The Jaipur Dialogues, emphasising his dedication to Congress values.
“I used to be by no means related to the administration of The Jaipur Dialogues YouTube channel. I’m usually invited by TV and YouTube channels as a panelist to place ahead Congress’s perspective. In the identical manner, The Jaipur Dialogues invited me to talk on social points and elaborate on the Congress imaginative and prescient. There I strongly opposed non secular bigotry,” he mentioned in a press release in Hindi, posted on X.
— Sunil Sharma (@I_SunilSharma) March 23, 2024
In an English publish, he acknowledged, “I’m by no means associated to the Jaipur dialogues YouTube channel or Twitter deal with. That is fully faux information and false propaganda being floated to decrease the prospects of the Congress Get together.”
I’m by no means associated to the Jaipur dialogues YouTube channel or Twitter deal with. That is fully faux information and false propaganda being floated to decrease the prospects of the Congress Get together.
— Sunil Sharma (@I_SunilSharma) March 23, 2024
Nonetheless, reviews cite publicly obtainable information similar to on the Zauba Corp web site as informing that he has served as one of many administrators at The Jaipur Dialogues Discussion board and a purported video of him talking about his early affiliation with the discussion board, together with as director, has additionally surfaced on social media.
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Who Is Sunil Sharma?
Sunil Sharma hails from Jaipur and serves because the Chairman and Chancellor of the personal Suresh Gyan Vihar College (SGVU).
As per the SGVU website, Sunil Sharma obtained his Bachelor’s diploma in Commerce from Rajasthan College in 1984 A.D and adopted it up with a Diploma in Regulation in 1987 A.D.
“He has expertise of over 20 years as a Authorized Marketing consultant. Aside from being the Chairman of the Gyan Vihar Universe, he’s additionally the Vice President of Sahitya Sadawart Samiti and numerous vital portfolios of various Non-Governmental instructional organizations,” the web site states.
Denying any lively involvement with the administration of The Jaipur Dialogues, he emphasised his household’s longstanding affiliation relationship again to the Thirties and mentioned he has been repeatedly working for the Congress Get together since 1981.
He says his father was a common secretary within the Congress Socialist Get together and was additionally lodged in jail through the freedom battle, the Indian Categorical reported. His brother, late Suresh Sharma, was additionally the Jaipur district president of the Congress get together and had unsuccessfully contested the Meeting election from Jaipur within the Nineties, IE’s report talked about.
About The Jaipur Dialogues
The Jaipur Dialogues, based in 2016 by former IAS officer Sanjay Dixit, payments itself as a “platform for the right-thinking individuals.” Nonetheless, it has confronted criticism for its content material, together with movies mocking political figures and controversial views on non secular and social points.