By- BANIBRATA DATTA (FTFMI)
Congress President Poll Results 2022, October 19: While Kharge has been considered the Gandhi family’s ‘unofficial official candidate’ with a large number of senior leaders backing him, Tharoor pitched himself as the candidate of change. This will be the sixth time in its nearly 137-year-old history that an electoral contest would decide who would take up the mantle of the party’s President.
Congress President Polls : 9,500 votes cast across the country earlier this week, will be counted from 10 am onwards at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.
Congress President Poll Results Updates : Shashi Tharoor, Mallikarjun Kharge: The Congress is set to get its first non-Gandhi president in over two decades on Wednesday, with party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor vying for the top post. Over 9,500 votes cast across the country earlier this week, will be counted from 10 am onwards at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi. The new president will replace interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who has been occupying the post ever since Rahul Gandhi stepped down after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
While Kharge has been considered the Gandhi family’s ‘unofficial official candidate’ with a large number of senior leaders backing him, Tharoor pitched himself as the candidate of change. This will be the sixth time in its nearly 137-year-old history that an electoral contest would decide who would take up the mantle of the party’s president.
The high-stakes contest between the two veteran leaders drew a massive turnout of voters Monday with close to 96 per cent of Pradesh Congress Committee delegates casting their ballot, according to the party. Of the 9,915 PCC delegates, 9,497 cast their votes across state capitals, including 87 at the AICC headquarters and 50 at the Yatra campsite, said Madhusudan Mistry, who is heading the party’s Central Election Authority (CEA).
Kharge vs Tharoor — new party chief to be declared today; counting to begin at 10 am. Follow this space for the latest updates
Interview | Mallikarjun Kharge: ‘That issue (of G-23) is over… They are all supporting me’
In an interview with The Indian Express earlier this month, Mallikarjun Kharge talks about how he believes in collective decision-making, says implementing decisions of Udaipur Chintan Shivir will be his first priority, and says he is for consensus where there can be consensus. Excerpts:
How will a Mallikarjun Kharge presidency help the Congress?
Kharge: In a democracy we have to work according to the wishes of the people. The (PCC) delegates know what benefit or loss it (my presidency) will have. And the leaders also know. I have been working in this organisation for 55 years. So they know it better. I am contesting the election on their request. They must have thought about the plus and minus.
Meanwhile, in Andhra Pradesh: Bharat Jodo Yatra commences from Chagi Village in Kurnool
While voting is set to commence in the next couple of hours at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi, the Bharat Jodo Yatra, helmed by Rahul Gandhi, commenced from Chagi village in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool this morning.
Counting to begin at 10 am at AICC headquarters in New Delhi
Over 9,500 votes cast across the country earlier this week, will be counted from 10 am onwards at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi. The new president will replace interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who has been occupying the post ever since Rahul Gandhi stepped down after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Recap: 96% turnout for election to top post
The high-stakes contest between frontrunner Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor in the election for the post of Congress president drew a massive turnout of voters Monday with close to 96 per cent of Pradesh Congress Committee delegates casting their ballot, according to the party.
Setting the stage for the counting Wednesday, a visibly happy Sonia Gandhi, the outgoing Congress president, said after casting her vote at the AICC headquarters in Delhi: “I have been waiting for a long time for this day.” The result will mark the first time the party will get a non-Gandhi at the helm after more than two decades.
Among the other early voters at the 24, Akbar Road, party headquarters were an ailing former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and Sonia’s daughter and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi voted at a specially set-up booth at the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Sanganakallu in Karnataka’s Ballari.
Congress to get first non-Gandhi president in 24 years today
Good morning and welcome to our live blog! The Congress is set to get its first non-Gandhi president in over two decades on Wednesday, with party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor vying for the top post.
Over 9,500 votes cast across the country earlier this week, will be counted from 10 am onwards at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi. The new president will replace interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who has been occupying the post ever since Rahul Gandhi stepped down after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Congress party presidential candidates Shashi Tharoor in Lucknow and Mallikarjun Kharge in Bellary.
96% turnout for election to top post: Congress
The high-stakes contest between frontrunner Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor in the election for the post of Congress president drew a massive turnout of voters Monday with close to 96 per cent of Pradesh Congress Committee delegates casting their ballot, according to the party.
Setting the stage for the counting Wednesday, a visibly happy Sonia Gandhi, the outgoing Congress president, said after casting her vote at the AICC headquarters in Delhi: “I have been waiting for a long time for this day.” The result will mark the first time the party will get a non-Gandhi at the helm after more than two decades.
As Congress votes to elect President, Shashi Tharoor says party’s future with workers who vote
As voting for the Congress presidential election is underway Monday, one of the candidates and party MP from Kerala Shashi Tharoor said the future of the Congress is in the hands of the party workers who will vote for the day’s electoral process.
After casting his vote at the party state committee office in Thiruvananthapuram, Tharoor, 66, told the media the Congress workers would decide on the next leadership. This election would only benefit the Congress party, he added. “Like the Bharat Jodo Yatra, this presidential election was also meant to revitalise the party. New energy is required to fight the BJP as well as to face the next Lok Sabha elections. We are going to face a big challenge from BJP in the next elections. I hope this presidential election has served that purpose,” he said.
