![\"\u2018Rude](\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133045955,imgsize-150450,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-the-largest-single-voting-bloc-in-the-2029-elections.jpg\" "\\"Tharoor")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMUMBAI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor<\/a> has said politicians must listen to young people and engage with them, arguing that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will play an increasingly important role in Indian politics and elections.Speaking about his interaction with young protesters, Tharoor said he went to Jantar Mantar during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests simply to listen to their concerns and did not deliver a speech.\u201cI believe that in politics, you must listen to people and engage with them. Ultimately, politics is about the good of the country,\u201d Tharoor said.He noted that young people would constitute a significant section of the electorate, adding that they would form the \u201clargest single voting bloc\u201d in the 2029 elections.\u201cAnd young people are now an increasingly significant segment of our population. As I pointed out, they will be the largest single voting bloc in 2029. It is also in our political interest to listen to what they care about and what they want. So, I am very much inclined to talk to them,\u201d Tharoor said.“Even at Jantar Mantar, I went there only to listen. I did not give any speech at Jantar Mantar; I was simply listening to what they had to say. We have to listen. That is a very important message for all politicians, \u201d Tharoor told PTI.Shashi Tharoor said the ruling party had received a \u201crude wake-up call\u201d following the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests, recent political developments and bypoll results.Speaking about the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat\u2019s remarks, Tharoor said the CJP protests had demonstrated the growing influence of young voters and their concerns.He pointed to the CJP protests, the resignation of a minister and the passage of a bill, saying these developments showed the political impact of the movement.Tharoor also cited recent bypoll results, including Prashant Kishor\u2019s victory in a BJP stronghold that the party had held for more than three decades. He also referred to the Congress retaining the Datia seat in Madhya Pradesh.\u201cThese are both Hindi heartland states,\u201d Tharoor said, adding that the results indicated that the political landscape could be changing.Looking ahead to the upcoming electoral cycle, Tharoor said the Congress could have a strong opportunity in states going to polls next March.\u201cI believe there is a good chance. We fortunately have in our system these different elections at different times. Already next March there’ll be a few states coming into play where the Congress can be very much capable of winning those states,\u201d he said.(With agency inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n Tharoor said young people are an increasingly significant segment of the population and will form the largest single voting bloc in the 2029 elections. MUMBAI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said politicians must listen to young people and engage with them, arguing that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will play an increasingly important role in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th-150x150.avif","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th-300x169.avif","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Tharoor said young people are an increasingly significant segment of the population and will form the largest single voting bloc in the 2029 elections. MUMBAI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said politicians must listen to young people and engage with them, arguing that Gen Z and Gen Alpha will play an increasingly important role in […]","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th.avif",400,225,false],"medium":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th-300x169.avif",300,169,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tharoor-said-young-people-are-an-increasingly-significant-segment-of-the-population-and-will-form-th-150x150.avif",150,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/author\/admin"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"