Mallikarjun Kharge wins Congress Presidential elections

19 Oct 2022 Evaluate

Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge was declared the new Congress president today after he secured a massive win over Shashi Tharoor. He won the Congress presidential elections with 7,897 votes, while Shashi Tharoor managed to win only 1,072.

Shashi Tharoor wished the newly elected Mallikarjun Kharge all success on Twitter. Mallikarjun Kharge, a staunch Gandhi family loyalist from Karnataka, has become the Congress' first non-Gandhi president in 24 years. The 80-year-old leader succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old party's highest office. Counting of votes began earlier today at the AICC headquarters. More than 9,500 delegates cast their votes in the presidential election which took place at the culmination of the party's organisational polls.

The newly elected president likely to take charge after Diwali in the presence of senior leaders in a programme at the Congress headquarters.


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