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Veteran Karnataka leader Mallikarjun Kharge defeated his rival Shashi Tharoor to become the first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years.

Tharoor congratulated Kharge and said that being Congress president was a “great honour amd a huge responsibility”, wishing Kharge “all success in the task”. Also, he is known in party circles to be a Gandhi yes man and is not expected to rock the boat for the first family, having already said that he would seek the counsel of Gandhis and “there was no shame in doing so.” Kharge is also the only Congress chief who has been leader of opposition in a state assembly (Karnataka); leader of the party in Lok Sabha and who is now the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha. Veteran Karnataka leader Mallikarjun Kharge defeated his rival Shashi Tharoor to become the first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years, and the first Scheduled Caste chief of the grand old organization in four decades.

सुनील राज, पटना : नेता चुनाव को भले ही लोकतंत्र की खूबसूरती बताएं। दावें करें कि चुनाव ...

झा की जगह पार्टी किसे यह दायित्व देती यह अब खड़गे को तय कर करना है। बता दें कि बिहार कांग्रेस के अध्यक्ष के तौर पर डा. सुनील राज, पटना : नेता चुनाव को भले ही लोकतंत्र की खूबसूरती बताएं। दावें करें कि चुनाव प्रक्रिया से पार्टी में जमीनी नेताओं को भी आगे आने का मौका मिलता है। लेकिन जब पार्टी के अंदर चुनाव की बात आए तो बहुतेरे नेता पीछे भी भागते हैं। बिहार कांग्रेस में भी कमोबेश ऐसी ही स्थिति है। पार्टी के प्रदेश स्तर के बड़े नेता वर्षो बाद भी आलाकमान की मानसिकता से बाहर नहीं आए पाए हैं। लेकिन इन्हीं में कुछ ऐसे भी हैं जो मानते हैं संगठन के चुनाव प्राधिकार को प्रदेश कांग्रेस कमेटी (पीसीसी) के चुनाव पर विचार करना चाहिए।

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge changed his Twitter bio on Thursday, a day after he was elected the first non-Gandhi president of the party in 24 years.

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge changed his Twitter bio on Thursday, a day after he was elected the first non-Gandhi president of the party in 24 years. Besides, former chief ministers and former union ministers and all Members of Parliament, ministers in state governments and former PCC presidents and CLP leaders in all states have also been invited for the taking over, apart from state PCC working presidents. Venugopal said on Twitter.

New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Newly elected President of the Indian National Congress Mallikarjun Kharge will take charge of the post on October 26 ...

All Congress Working Committee members, MPs, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, CLP leaders, former CMs, former State presidents and other AICC office bearers are invited to the programme. In Gujarat, preparations are being made to organize road shows, rallies and conferences like Mahila-Farmer-Dalit of both the leaders. At the same time, after October 30, Congress will show its strength in Himachal and Gujarat elections.

The 98th president of Indian National Congress, defeated fellow senior leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor in the presidential elections held on ...

Shashi Tharoor's election officer Sameer Soz had raised doubts over 'serious irregularities' in the polling process in Uttar Pradesh for electing the next ...

Instead, it chose Kharge, whom Komireddi referred to as the "Rajya Sabha grandee conscripted as a substitute surrogate candidate in the final minute". Seen as someone who would not rock the boat a lot and work in acquiescence with the high command, Kharge was reportedly favoured by Sonia Gandhi herself. He further claimed that he had pitched himself as the candidate of change and not of dissent. The party had for the past 24 years been run by Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi (for a brief stint). He should be grateful that he wasn't locked up in the bathroom… Addressing a press conference hours after the results were announced, the Thiruvananthapuram MP asserted that the revival of the party has truly begun.