Mallikarjun Kharge or Rahul Gandhi likely to be PM pick, feels Shashi Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor said he feels the party could nominate either its chief Mallikarjun Kharge or former AICC president Rahul Gandhi as Prime Minister if the INDIA alliance comes to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Tharoor said there could be a surprise result in the election next year as there is an opposition coalition and there are chances of the INDIA alliance coming to power at the Centre by trouncing the BJP-led NDA in the general elections.
"So we'll have to wait and see," he said while interacting with professionals of a US-based and Silicon Valley-incubated D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) marketplace Way.com after inaugurating its office at Technopark here on Monday.
Talking about the post-poll scenario, he said, "I think that once the result comes out, then because it's a coalition and not one party, the leaders of those parties will have to get together and pick someone. But my guess is that from the Congress Party, it's going to be either Mr. Kharge, who then will be the first Dalit prime minister of India, or Rahul Gandhi, since in very many ways it (Congress) is a family-run party."
Tharoor, who is a former union minister, said the Prime Minister is the first among equals, and he was confident in his ability to perform whatever responsibilities may be assigned to him.
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Bloomberg reports Meta will lay off 5 per cent staff
Washington, Jan 15: News reports say that social media company Meta Platforms is planning to cut 5 per cent of total staff this year by terminating staff based on performance and hiring new workers to replace them.
Bloomberg News reported that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in an internal note to employees, saying he wants to “raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster".
Meta employs about 72,000 people, according to recent filings, so cutting 5 per cent of staff would amount to 3,600 people, Bloomberg said on Tuesday.
The Menlo Park, California-based company owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.
The company declined to comment Wednesday but said that Bloomberg's reporting was accurate.
Workers in the US who will be affected will be notified on February 10, while those in other countries will be informed later, Bloomberg said.
