Shashi Tharoor to contest Congress president poll? Leader reacts
India | August 30, 2022 12:56 ISTShashi Tharoor news: When asked if he will contest for Congress' president post, Shashi Tharoor had this to day.
Shashi Tharoor news: When asked if he will contest for Congress' president post, Shashi Tharoor had this to day.
The last time the election was conducted for the Congress President's post was in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada has challenged Sonia Gandhi but lost.
Even as the Congress claimed that no doubts were raised over the election procedure for choosing the party president, sources have said that senior leader Anand Sharma did raise some questions.
Congress presidential election: Salman Khurshid also said efforts will be made to persuade Gandhi to take over the presidency of the party once he returns from abroad.
Bengaluru: Rahul Gandhi is needed for 'Jodo Bharat". "We will ask him, we will force him and request him to return as Congress President", said M Mallikarjun Kharge.
Congress president election: Sources said that Sonia Gandhi had said this to Ashok Gehlot in a meeting. The Gehlot camp has not confirmed the development, but sources have confirmed that the Congress is looking beyond the Gandhis for the top post.
Congress president election: Sonia Gandhi does not want to hold the post due to health reasons. Party leaders may also consider Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as their second choice.
Congress presidential election: According to the Central Election Authority of Congress, the party has completed the preparations for the elections.
Congress has accused the Centre of targeting opposition leaders by misusing investigative agencies.
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi, the president of Congress Party.
Congress president has isolated herself and has been given requisite medical attention.
The Chintan Shivir, organized in Udaipur after the gap of nine years, was attended by around 430 leaders and has prepared a "six draft resolution" which has been submitted to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi
Congress stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Harsh Mahajan remained Congress MLA from Chamba Assembly constituency thrice, winning consecutively in 1993, 1998 and 2003.
G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday and said he conveyed suggestions to strengthen the party, a day after members of the dissenting group held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the organisation. Watch aaj ki baat to know the complete details of meeting.
Congress Working committee members on Saturday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to take over as the president of the party. A proposal in this regard was mooted by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and vetted by other Chief Ministers and leaders.
In her opening remark at CWC meet chaired by her, the interim Congress president said she had been wanting for the meeting ever since Parliament adjourned."Now that all of us are doubly vaccinated, I decided we could meet physically with our masks on," Sonia Gandhi said.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had launched an attack on the party leadership, asking who was taking decisions in the party.
Rahul Gandhi attended the social media department meeting and urged party workers to continue their fight against the ruling dispensation with humility, truth and love.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is on his way to New Delhi and will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi today.
Dismissing the exit polls for Assam assembly elections which indicate return of BJP alliance in the state, Assam Congress President Ripun Bora on April 30 expressed confidence that the party with its allies will get a thumping majority and will form next government in Assam.
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