Sonia Gandhi

2022 - 10 - 20

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Sonia Gandhi has last word in Cong's internal politics, likely to ... (The New Indian Express)

The former union minister also lauded Shashi Tharoor for taking on the challenge to contest the top Congress post and said he is no loser.

He has clearly outshone most of his once-upon-a-time colleagues in the G-23 grouping and has positioned himself as a challenger," Kumar said. He invested his energy in making a political statement by walking the talk. "That Kharge was her undeclared choice is indisputable notwithstanding vehement denials by the establishment to the contrary.

'It's Not Surprising That...': Tharoor Reveals What Sonia Gandhi Told ... (ABP Live)

Tharoor, while speaking at the launch of Congress veteran Mohsina Kidwai's biography, said that he was not disappointed with the result as the election had ...

I'm not upset, it was clear from beginning that establishment of the party will rally behind my opponent (M Kharge). He further said that he spoke to Sonia Gandhi and she said, it was not surprising that "people would back one of their own". New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who lost the just-concluded poll held to elect the party president, on Thursday said that he was not upset with the result as he knew the establishment of the party would rally behind his opponent Mallikarjun Kharge.

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അതേസമയം 26ന് സോണിയ ഗാന്ധി നടത്തുന്ന വിടവാങ്ങൽ പ്രസംഗത്തിനായാണ് ഏവരും കാത്തിരിക്കുന്നത്. കൂടിക്കാഴ്ചക്കെത്തിയ ശശി തരൂർ അടക്കമുള്ള നേതാക്കളോടും ഇതുതന്നെയാണ് സോണിയ ഗാന്ധി ആവർത്തിച്ചത്. പാർട്ടിയുടെ സമ്പന്നകാലവും തകർച്ചയും കണ്ടിറങ്ങുന്ന സോണിയ ഗാന്ധി വിശ്വസ്തനായ അശോക് ഗെലോട്ട് ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ രാജസ്ഥാനിലെ പ്രതിസന്ധി പരിഹരിക്കാതെയാണ് പദവിയൊഴിയുന്നത്.

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Not surprising that…: Shashi Tharoor reveals what Sonia Gandhi ... (India Today)

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that he was not upset about losing the party president poll as it was clear from beginning that party ...

After the election results, Tharoor issued a statement on Twitter, along with the caption, "It is a great honour and a huge responsibility to be President of @INCIndia and I wish Kharge ji all success in that task. Of the total 9,385 votes, 416 were declared invalid. I spoke to Sonia Gandhi and she said that it's not surprising that most of the party members would back one of their own.”

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Sonia Gandhi has last word in Cong's internal politics: Ashwani ... (Daily Excelsior)

NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Former Congress leader Ashwani Kumar has said the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as party president by a huge margin shows Sonia Gandhi ...

He has clearly outshone most of his once-upon-a-time colleagues in the G-23 grouping and has positioned himself as a challenger,” Kumar said. Asserting that defining ideological battles cannot be captive to personal vanities and animosities, Kumar said, “The Congress needs conscientious dissenters willing and able to hold on to their views. “That Kharge was her undeclared choice is indisputable notwithstanding vehement denials by the establishment to the contrary.

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Congress presidential polls results LIVE: Counting of votes to begin ... (Hindustan Times)

Mallikarjun Kharge is seen as the favourite to win the contest. News agencies have reported that the elected president will take charge after Diwali in the ...

More than 9,500 delegates cast their votes in the presidential election which took place at the culmination of the party's organisational polls. On the previous occasion, in 1998, Sonia Gandhi defeated Jitendra Prasada, and held the post till December 2017, when she passed the baton to her son, Rahul Gandhi. Mallikarjun Kharge is seen as the favourite to win the contest.

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Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra meet Congress Prez-elect ... (India Today)

Mallikarjun Kharge, a staunch Gandhi family loyalist from Karnataka, defeated Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor to become Congress' first non-Gandhi ...

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After Win, Mallikarjun Kharge Wanted To Visit Sonia Gandhi. She ... (NDTV)

Mallikarjun Kharge's first instinct after being declared the next Congress president was to visit Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath home.

I believe the revival of our party has truly begun today," Mr Tharoor said in a statement. Since Independence, the Congress has mostly been led by a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family, usually the unanimous choice. Before Sonia Gandhi, Mr Kharge had one more visitor.

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From Subhas Chandra Bose to Sonia Gandhi: The 5 times Congress ... (ThePrint)

While Congress presidents are mostly chosen via consensus, there have been times when elections were fought. Sonia is the only one from Gandhi family to ...

[ isolated](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20001113-congress-leader-jitendra-prasada-aims-to-show-sonia-gandhi-as-a-factional-leader-778418-2001-11-12) as soon as he filed his candidature. A resolution was passed by the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to remove him — while he was locked in an AICC room from outside — and replace him with Sonia Gandhi. According to the book [Indira Gandhi: Woman of India’s Destiny](https://books.google.co.in/books?id=B43aJMF1eFkC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=1977+congress+presidential+election+results+brahmananda+reddy&source=bl&ots=jyMx5S8Z-J&sig=ACfU3U3c4L14C28ZZ2FR6intTSLFiGYWPg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_47_h9-j6AhWUcGwGHbyAAKoQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=1977%20congress%20presidential%20election%20results%20brahmananda%20reddy&f=false), “there were slogans to the effect that his victory indicated the victory of Indira Gandhi”. Prasada had, on several occasions, [ questioned](https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/cong-presidential-election-echoes-jitendra-prasada-sonia-gandhi-22-years-8168224/) the fairness of the elections. She won 7,448 votes of the 7,543 valid votes, whereas Prasada, failing to reach triple figure mark, received 94. Congress had been restricted to 141 seats, whereas BJP formed the government with 181 seats. Kesri’s downfall from the helm, though, was a quick one. It was also Kripalani who moved the first-ever no confidence motion on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 1963. Deve Gowda government after the Congress withdrew its support. Although members of the Nehru-Gandhi family were party presidents for 40 out of the 75 years since Independence — and for six years before 1947 — no Gandhi had to contest an election for the post, except once in 2000 when Sonia Gandhi ran against Jitendra Prasada. After Sitaramayya failed to win, Gandhi is said to have announced that the defeat was his personal defeat. Coming from the Congress’ Right, Purushottam Das Tandon was

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Sonia Gandhi visits Mallikarjun Kharge after his victory in party ... (Economic Times)

Kharge defeated Shashi Tharoor in the election for the top party post in the results announced on Wednesday.

In this video, we look into the performance of the grand old party under the leadership of outgoing president Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi is passing on the baton at a time when the Congress is almost at it’s lowest point. [Gandhi](/topic/gandhi)was accompanied by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during their visit.

Sonia Gandhi visits Mallikarjun Kharge after his victory in party prez ... (Press Trust of India)

Gandhi was accompanied by Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during their visit. Kharge defeated Shashi Tharoor in the election for the top party ...

Mallikarjun Kharge thanks Sonia Gandhi after winning Congress ... (Economic Times)

Soon after the result of the Congress Presidential Poll was announced on October 19 declaring Mallikarjun Kharge as the winner against presidential ...

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Sonia Gandhi visits Mallikarjun Kharge after his victory in party ... (The Tribune)

Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday visited party chief-elect Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here soon after he was declared winner ...

[#Mallikarjun Kharge](/news/tag/mallikarjun-kharge) [#Priyanka Gandhi Vadra](/news/tag/priyanka-gandhi-vadra) [#Shashi Tharoor](/news/tag/shashi-tharoor) [#Sonia Gandhi](/news/tag/sonia-gandhi) Kharge will take charge as new Congress president soon. Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday visited party chief-elect Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence here soon after he was declared winner and congratulated him.

Sonia Gandhi has last word in Cong's internal politics, likely to ... (Press Trust of India)

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Former Congress leader Ashwani Kumar has said the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as party president by a huge margin shows Sonia ...

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Sonia Gandhi has LAST WORD in partys internal politics: Former ... (Zee News)

Ashwani Kumar also lauded Shashi Tharoor for taking on the challenge to contest the top Congress post and said he is no loser.

He has clearly outshone most of his once-upon-a-time colleagues in the G-23 grouping and has positioned himself as a challenger," Kumar said. New Delhi: Former Congress leader Ashwani Kumar has said the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as party president by a huge margin shows Sonia Gandhi still has the last word in the organisation's internal politics. He invested his energy in making a political statement by walking the talk.

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Mallikarjun Kharge was Sonia Gandhi's undeclared choice, says ... (The Hindu)

The former union minister lauds Shashi Tharoor for taking on the challenge to contest the top Congress post.

In this necessary task, he will need the family's support." The former law minister also said Mr. He has clearly outshone most of his once-upon-a-time colleagues in the G-23 grouping and has positioned himself as a challenger," Mr. Kumar said Mr. Kumar said on October 19, 2022 while asserting that it is because party persons retain a sense of personal loyalty to her, which extends to the family. "That Kharge was her undeclared choice is indisputable notwithstanding vehement denials by the establishment to the contrary.

Mallikarjun Kharge thanks Sonia Gandhi after winning Congress ... (The Economic Times)

Soon after the result of the Congress Presidential Poll was announced on October 19 declaring Mallikarjun Kharge as the winner against presidential ...

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सोनिया गांधी पर पत्रकार के आरोपों से भड़के चिदंबरम, मांगे सबूत; अब ट्विटर ... (Hindustan हिंदी)

कांग्रेस के नए राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे को लेकर सियासी बयानबाजी जारी है।

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കോൺഗ്രസിലെ അവസാനവാക്ക് സോണിയാ ... (മാധ്യമം)

'ഈ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് അദ്ദേഹത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച് വലിയ വിജയമാണ്. ഒരിക്കൽ 'ജി 23'ൽ തന്‍റെ ...

24 വർഷത്തിന് ശേഷമാണ് നെഹ്റു കുടുംബത്തിന് പുറത്തുനിന്നുള്ള ഒരാൾ കോൺഗ്രസ് അധ്യക്ഷനാകുന്നത്. ഗാന്ധി കുടുംബത്തിന്റെ റിമോട്ട് കൺട്രോളിലായിരിക്കും ഗാർഖെയുടെ പ്രവർത്തനം എന്ന ആക്ഷേപങ്ങൾക്കിടെയാണ് അശ്വിനി കുമാറിന്റെ പ്രതികരണം. ന്യൂഡൽഹി: കോൺഗ്രസ് അധ്യക്ഷ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിൽ മല്ലികാർജുൻ ഗാർഖെയുടെ ജയം തെളിയിക്കുന്നത് സോണിയാ ഗാന്ധിയാണ് പാർട്ടിയുടെ അവസാനവാക്കെന്നാണെന്ന് മുൻ കോൺഗ്രസ് നേതാവ് അശ്വനി കുമാർ.

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UPA glory to post-2014 slump: Sonia Gandhi's highs and lows as ... (Hindustan Times)

06 April 1998 - Congress President Sonia Gandhi having a discussion with party's Vice President Jitendra Prasada at the AICC session at Siri Fort Auditorium in ...

In the same month the Congress faced a dilemma in J&K: The party won more seats than its partner PDP in the assembly poll and there was consternation over the choice of CM. It found Gandhi slowly taking the backseat and Rahul Gandhi, then a party general secretary, developing keen interest in electoral strategies. Rahul Gandhi’s appointment as the party president in December 2017 lasted less than two years. The party lost 37 state elections in eight years and faced a rebellion of senior leaders who demanded wholesale changes and an end to Rahul Gandhi’s arbitrary decision-making. She braved the withdrawal of support from the Left parties and tasked leaders such as Pranab Mukherjee and Ahmed Patel to secure support for the government. And in her last three years as the party chief, several leaders, young and old, left the Congress. Weeks after the election, angry members of the CWC removed Kesri and adopted a resolution making Gandhi as the party chief. Critics, however, claimed that the political power remained vested with Gandhi, that ministers were more loyal to her . Even though Prasada was defeated, receiving just 94 of 7700 votes, a gracious Gandhi inducted him in the CWC, the party’s highest executive body. It was overwhelmingly in favour of Ghulam Nabi Azad as the CM. It was a model the Congress would replicate five years later. A year after her elevation to the top post stalwarts such as Sharad Pawar quit the party.

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Mallikarjun Kharge's election as Congress chief shows Sonia ... (Scroll.in)

The former Union law minister added that Shashi Tharoor was 'no loser' as he made a political statement by walking the talk.

[resigned](https://scroll.in/latest/1017422/former-law-minister-ashwani-kumar-quits-congress) from the Congress on February 15 after being associated with it for 46 years. “He has clearly outshone most of his once-upon-a-time colleagues in the G-23 grouping and has positioned himself as a challenger,” he said. We request you to support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund. Kumar also said on Wednesday that Kharge would need to be a consensus builder and remove causes for alienation of party members. “This is because party persons retain a sense of personal loyalty to her, which extends to the family,” he said. [election](https://scroll.in/latest/1035372/congress-presidential-election-counting-of-votes-begins-at-party-headquarters) for the post of the Congress chief.

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Sonia Gandhi has last word in Cong's internal politics, likely to ... (Economic Times)

Sonia Gandhi has once again demonstrated her astute political judgment in using elections to demonstrate the family's pre-eminence in the party established over ...

He has clearly outshone most of his once-upon-a-time colleagues in the G-23 grouping and has positioned himself as a challenger," Kumar said. In this necessary task, he will need the family's support." He invested his energy in making a political statement by walking the talk. "That Kharge was her undeclared choice is indisputable notwithstanding vehement denials by the establishment to the contrary. Sonia Gandhi has once again demonstrated her astute political judgment in using elections to demonstrate the family's pre-eminence in the party established over long years of exercise of political patronage," Kumar said in a statement. She is likely to command such respect as long as she is active in the party in whatever capacity, Kumar said on Wednesday while asserting that it is because party persons retain a sense of personal loyalty to her, which extends to the family.

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