Highlights: Newly-elected Cong president Kharge to take charge on Oct 26
Congress President Election Results 2022 highlights: Mallikarjun Kharge was seen as the favourite to win the contest. News agencies have reported that the elected president will take charge after Diwali in the presence of senior leaders in a programme at the Congress headquarters.
Congress President Election Results 2022: The Congress party is now all set to have former Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge as the president. It will be for the first time in 24 years that the party will get a party chief who does not belong to the Nehru-Gandhi family....Read More
Kharge will take place of Sonia Gandhi who had been serving as interim president after Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the post following the party's debacle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 06:15:38 PM IST
PM Modi congratulates Mallikarjun Kharge on being elected Cong president
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Mallikarjun Kharge on being elected the Congress party president.
- 19 Oct 2022, 05:35:18 PM IST
‘Not a personal battle…’: Shashi Tharoor after defeat in Cong prez polls
Not a presonal battle, Kharge's win is Congress win: Shashi Tharoor after defeat in top party polls
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- 19 Oct 2022, 05:18:27 PM IST
Mallikarjun Kharge to take charge on October 26
Congress President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge will take charge on October 26, announces Congress MP Randeep Surjewala.
- 19 Oct 2022, 05:13:51 PM IST
Newly-elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addresses media
Newly-elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in his first address after the mega win said, “I want to congratulate my partner Shashi Tharoor as well. I met him and discussed how to take the party forward. I want to thank Sonia Gandhi on behalf of all party workers. Under her leadership, we formed our government in the centre twice.”
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- 19 Oct 2022, 05:06:39 PM IST
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot congratulates Kharge
It's a moment of pride that Mallikarjun Kharge became Congress President, he is an experienced leader. Congress will strengthen under his leadership, and our party is united across the country: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
- 19 Oct 2022, 04:14:25 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi congratulates Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi congratulates Mallikarjun Kharge on being elected as the President of the Congress party.
"Congratulations to Mallikarjun Kharge ji on being elected as the President of @INCIndia. The Congress President represents a democratic vision of India. His vast experience and ideological commitment will serve the party well as he takes on this historic responsibility," he wrote.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 03:40:10 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi arrives at Kharge's residence
Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrives at the residence of Congress President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge.
- 19 Oct 2022, 03:20:54 PM IST
Kharge to address at 4 pm today
The newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to address the media at 4 pm today.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 02:43:32 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor congratulates Mallikarjun Kharge
Shashi Tharoor congratulates Mallikarjun Kharge Congress leader Shashi Tharoor congrats to newly elected Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence, in New Delhi.
- 19 Oct 2022, 02:30:48 PM IST
Congress poll body chief addresses media
Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry while addressing the media informed that the “total counted votes were 9,385 - of which Mallikarjun Kharge received 7,897 votes & Dr Shashi Tharoor received 1,072 votes.” He also said that invalid votes were 416.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 02:19:50 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor reaches the residence of Kharge
Shashi Tharoor reaches the residence of the Congress President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge, in Delhi, reported news agency ANI.
- 19 Oct 2022, 01:42:03 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor concedes Congress president poll defeat, wishes Mallikarjun Kharge 'all success'
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- 19 Oct 2022, 12:31:49 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor alleges 'extremely serious irregularities'
Election agent to Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor writes letter to Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudhan Mistry, alleging "extremely serious irregularities in conduct of election in UP" & demands "that all votes from UP be deemed invalid".
- 19 Oct 2022, 11:27:38 AM IST
'Informed Mistry's office about many issues,' says Tharoor camp's Salman Soz
“We've been in constant communication with Madhusudan Mistry's office, informed them about many different issues, cannot get into its specifics right now,” Salman Soz, election agent of Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor told news agency ANI.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 11:17:42 AM IST
Mistry says presidential polls process was "free, fair and transparent"
Congress central election authority chairman Mistry has expressed satisfaction with the party's presidential polls process, saying it was "free, fair and transparent".
- 19 Oct 2022, 11:01:27 AM IST
Who will be counting the votes?
The counting agents of Kharge are Pramod Tiwari, Kodikunil Suresh, Gaurav Gogoi, Syed Nasir Hussain, Kuljit Singh Bagra and Gurdeep Singh Sappal.
Karti Chidambaram, Atul Chaturvedi and Sumedh Gaikwal are among those who are counting agents of Tharoor.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 10:11:25 AM IST
From labour union leader to 'solilada sardara': 10 things to know about Mallikarjun Kharge
Mallikarjun Kharge only lost one election in his career – in 2019, to his former poll agent. In 1999, 2004 and 2013, he was considered as the top contender for the Karnakata CM post but he never became a CM.
- 19 Oct 2022, 10:10:04 AM IST
Counting of votes for Congress president poll begins
The Congress is set to get a new president on Wednesday with the counting of votes underway.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 09:47:15 AM IST
Counting of votes to begin shortly
The Congress is set to get a new president on Wednesday with the counting to take place from 10 am.
- 19 Oct 2022, 09:00:47 AM IST
Cong prez polls: Results expected around 3pm or 4pm
The counting of votes will be held at the party's headquarters in New Delhi, with the results expected to be announced at around 3pm or 4pm.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 08:21:48 AM IST
In 1998, Sonia Gandhi defeated Jitendra Prasada for Congress prez post
Monday's election was only for the sixth time in Congress' 137-year-old history that elections were held for the party chief's post. On the previous occasion, in 1998, Sonia Gandhi defeated Jitendra Prasada, and held the post till December 2017, when she passed the baton to her son, Rahul Gandhi.
- 19 Oct 2022, 07:15:07 AM IST
Elections to the post of Congress president were held on Monday
Elections to the post of Congress president were held on Monday, and 68 polling booths were set up across the country.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 06:52:50 AM IST
Shashi Tharoor or Mallikarjun Kharge?
The electoral contest was held between veteran Mallikarjun Kharge and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor.
- 19 Oct 2022, 06:39:05 AM IST
More than 9,500 delegates cast their votes in the presidential election
The Chairman of the Central Election Authority will announce the result after counting. More than 9,500 delegates cast their votes in the presidential election which took place at the culmination of the party's organisational polls.
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- 19 Oct 2022, 06:19:52 AM IST
Congress to get first non-Gandhi president in 24 years
It will be for the first time in 24 years that the party will get a party chief who does not belong to the Nehru-Gandhi family.