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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.

The much-anticipated Congress presidential elections saw an impressive 96 per cent turnout, according to Madhusudhan Mistry, chairman of the Congress Election Authority and veteran party leader.

Days after Congress president post candidate Shashi Tharoor talked about an "uneven playing field" in polls, the party’s Central Election Authority chairman, Madhusudan Mistry, on Wednesday said that polling will be done through a secret ballot.

Two days after Mallikarjun Kharge filed his papers to contest elections for Congress president, the veteran leader on Sunday said that he had entered the race not to oppose anyone but to strengthen the party.

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

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh was all set to run for the Congress president, but a twist of fate saw him pulling out of the race.

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

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.