congress president election

I have been waiting for a long time for Congress presidential elections, asserted Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi as party delegates across India voted on Monday to choose a new non-Gandhi chief for the first time in 22 years. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor are fighting […]

Kharge will lock horns with Shashi Tharoor and Jharkhand Congress leader KN Tripathi.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on Friday opted out of the election for the post of Congress president.

The entry of Kharge, who is also the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, has made the contest triangular with veteran party leaders Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor already in the fray

Amid looming clouds over his candidature for Congress president’s post, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday met party interim chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence.

Adding more intrigue and interest to the Congress president election, veteran Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh on Thursday collected the nomination forms for the top party post.

With the Gandhi family unlikely to throw its hat in the ring, the Congress might have to choose its next president from two veteran leaders with completely different personalities: Ashok Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor. While Rajasthan Chief minister Gehlot will bring the rustic charm to his age-old approach to politics, Tharoor represents the suave and […]