It would be interesting, whether he will bring about reforms that the party needs for a long time.

Congress president election: Kharge, who is known to be close to Gandhis, won the Congress presidential elections with 7897 votes, Shashi Tharoor got about 1000 votes; 416 votes were rejected.

Congress president election result 2022: Mallikarjun Kharge registered a massive win over Shashi Tharoor in the party presidential polls today. As per Congress sources, Kharge will take charge after Diwali in the presence of senior leaders at the Congress headquarters.

The counting of the votes cast on Monday will begin at 10 am on Wednesday at the AICC headquarters. All sealed ballot boxes from the 68 polling booths set up across the country have been brought here and kept in a "strong room" at the party office.

Congress president election: Political analysts say it would not be easy for a non-Gandhi president to keep the party united as Congress supporters take Gandhi family as an axis of the party.

Congress president election 2022: The voting process that began at 10 am saw more than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates exercising their right to vote.

Congress president election: The results of the polling will be declared on October 19. The last electoral contest for the top post of the party took place in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Sonia Gandhi.

After Tharoor's team flagged this issue, Mistry is said to have conveyed to them that a tick would be accepted against the name of the preferred candidate instead of '1', they said.

On the eve of polling to “elect” the next Congress President, there is a whisper campaign going on that if you don’t vote for Mallikarjun Kharge, you won’t have a future in Congress, Amit Malviya tweeted.

Congress President Election: Tharoor on Sunday also took a veiled dig at the Kharge camp saying some colleagues were "indulging in 'netagiri' and telling party workers" that they know whom Sonia Gandhi wants elected.

Tharoor had also asserted that if he becomes the AICC chief, he would fully implement the party's existing constitution which requires CWC elections and revival of the parliamentary board that has been dormant for about 25 years.

Congress President Election: Tharoor said whosoever wins the election will have to work with the Gandhi family and cannot ignore them. He said they are neutral and want that the party should become strong.

Congress president election: One of two runners for party president polls, Shashi Tharoor kept asserting that the Gandhi family has been neutral on the ongoing campaign for the election.

Congress president polls: Speaking to the media after meeting party functionaries at Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee office here, the former diplomat also said his aim was to make Congress stronger before the 2024 polls.

Congress president election: The last electoral contest for the top post of the party took place in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Sonia Gandhi.

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Rumours I am going to withdraw (nomination) are false. I am receiving so much support that if I wouldn't have been democratically inclined, I would have asked the other candidate to withdraw, Shashi Tharoor said.

Congress president election: Shashi Tharoor said that Rahul Gandhi said he will not ask the former to withdraw as a contest would benefit the party.

Congress president election: Shashi Tharoor told reporters he was not going to betray those who supported him till now in this endeavour of his by backing off from the election.

Congress presidential polls will be held on October 17. The counting of votes will be taken up on October 19 and the results will be declared the same day. More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote in the poll.