Congress President
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Mallikarjun Kharge to take over as Congress president tomorrow
India | Oct 25, 2022, 06:57 PM ISTCongress party president: The outgoing party president Sonia Gandhi will pass the baton to her successor Mallikarjun Kharge, who would take charge as the first non-Gandhi head of the grand old party.
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With Kharge at helm, Congress looks to gain political capital in poll-bound Karnataka
India | Oct 23, 2022, 01:24 PM ISTSome veteran leaders of the age-old party opine that the party's strong support base among Dalits has shrunk over the years. This has happened due to multiple reasons including some of the leaders joining hands with the BJP over the years.
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Congress rigged its presidential polls to make Kharge win, remote control him: BJP
India | Oct 20, 2022, 01:32 PM ISTCongress' entire presidential poll process was questioned by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Its BJP IT cell media national head Amit Malviya accused the party of deliberately making Kharge win the polls.
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Mallikarjun Kharge - A hard-boiled Congressman, Gandhi family loyalist becomes party chief
India | Oct 19, 2022, 02:32 PM ISTMallikarjun Kharge, a leader with more than 50 years of experience in politics, is also the second AICC President from Karnataka after S Nijalingappa. He is also the second Dalit leader after Jagjivan Ram to hold the post.
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Breaking News, October 19 | LIVE UPDATES
India | Oct 20, 2022, 12:15 AM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.
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Some leaders don't want change, my supporters pressurised, Tharoor spills the beans
India | Oct 10, 2022, 08:29 PM ISTCongress 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.
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Congress president election: Gandhi family blessing me and Mallikarjun Kharge, says Shashi Tharoor
India | Oct 10, 2022, 06:55 AM ISTCongress 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.
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Congress president polls: 'Gandhi family blessing both Kharge and me,' says Shashi Tharoor
India | Oct 09, 2022, 07:46 PM ISTCongress 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.
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Cong president election: 67 booths set up; stage set for 'Kharge vs Tharoor' fight on Oct 17
India | Oct 09, 2022, 10:32 AM ISTCongress 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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Breaking News, October 9
India | Oct 10, 2022, 12:01 AM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.
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National Herald case: Karnataka Congress president Shivakumar appears before ED in Delhi
India | Oct 07, 2022, 12:23 PM ISTNational Herald Case: Shivakumar, 60, told reporters before stepping into the ED office at A P J Abdul Kalam Road that he was a "law-abiding citizen" and hence he was deposed before the federal agency despite not knowing why was he exactly called.
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'Not going to withdraw': Shashi Tharoor dismisses rumours of opting out of Congress President race
India | Oct 07, 2022, 06:11 AM ISTRumours 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.
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Breaking News, October 6 | LIVE UPDATES
India | Oct 07, 2022, 03:18 PM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.
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'Congress leaders asked Rahul Gandhi to request me to withdraw from president polls': Tharoor
India | Oct 04, 2022, 05:51 PM ISTCongress president election: Shashi Tharoor said that Rahul Gandhi said he will not ask the former to withdraw as a contest would benefit the party.
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'Wish to campaign for Tharoor or Kharge? Resign first,' says Congress ahead of presidential polls
India | Oct 03, 2022, 08:17 PM ISTCongress 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.
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“I agree with Kharge ji…”: Tharoor’s attempt to mellow down heated Congress president election
India | Oct 03, 2022, 02:39 PM ISTCongress president election: Kharge Vs Tharoor party election battle bitterly intensified after both Congress leaders started attacking each other giving clear indication that it is not a ‘friendly contest’ as claimed by Tharoor.
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'Gandhis promised on 'neutral' Cong president polls': Tharoor amid talks of Kharge being 'favourite'
India | Oct 01, 2022, 11:39 PM ISTCongress presidential polls: Shashi Tharoor said the Gandhis promised him a fair election, amid talks of his opponent - Mallikarjun Kharge - being their favourite candidate.
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Congress President Election: KN Tripathi's nomination rejected, it's Kharge Vs Tharoor now
India | Oct 01, 2022, 04:01 PM ISTCongress President Election: While Mallikarjun Kharge submitted 14 forms, Shashi Tharoor submitted five and NK Tripathi
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Congress President Election: Mallikarjun Kharge resigns from post of LoP in Rajya Sabha
India | Oct 01, 2022, 01:25 PM ISTCongress President Election: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, publicly asserted that one has to stick with the ‘One Leader One Post’ resolution that triggered huge political drama in the party which ended with the withdrawal of Gehlot's ambition to be party president
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Congress is 'only party' with system of electing President: Jairam Ramesh
India | Oct 01, 2022, 09:31 AM ISTCongress President Election: Talking to media on the sidelines of Bharat Jodo Yatra, he said that the Congress' greatest contribution to Indian politics has been consensus, and "when that is not made possible, we have an election".