mallikarjun kharge

The campaigner list clearly indicates that Sonia Gandhi is still the supreme boss of the party.

Hours after Mallikarjun Kharge was elected the Grand Old Party’s first non-Gandhi president in more than two decades, the veteran politician he vowed to fight against the fascist forces who are attacking every democratic institution under the guise of communalism.

Reacting to the allegations of irregularities in the Congress presidential election, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi put his faith in Madhusudan Mistry, who is the chairman of the Congress’ Central Election Authority (CEA). 

Congress presidential elections seem to have all the drama usually associated with a polling process. On Wednesday, the day of the counting of votes, the supporters of one of the candidates, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor, wrote to the party’s poll panel, alleging irregularities.

Congress will enter a new dawn as the party’s first non-Gandhi president in more than two decades is expected to be announced by the afternoon today.

Congress will hope that with patience and vast experience, Kharge can paper over the cracks that put the party into an existential crisis.

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

Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has appointed senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken as ‘Observers’ to attend the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) to decide the next CM