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It has now emerged that Rahul Gandhi's name has been confirmed from Kerala's Wayanad seat for Lok Sabha Elections during the CEC meeting.
The BJP won all one of Delhi's seven seats in both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Gehlot and Pilot have been engaged in a power tussle since the Congress formed government in the state in 2018.
Congress sources said UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is likely to reach Delhi on Wednesday from Himachal Pradesh and is expected to meet some leaders who are part of the decision-making process in Karnataka.
Three central observers of Congress for Karnataka have already submitted their report to the party president who will consult UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi and then announce the name of the new CM.
According to a statement from the Congress, this time in Meghalaya the Congress Party fielded ten women candidates who are accomplished women in their own right
Ashok Gehlot said that it was Rahul Gandhi`s desire that for once a non-Gandhi should become the President of the party. "It was Rahul Gandhi`s desire that for once a non-Gandhi should become the President of the party. However, till the last minute, efforts were made to make Rahul Gandhi the party president as only he can challenge Modi and the government," said Gehlot.
In a close fight between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, Kharge has been elected the Congress president in the presidential polls, the sixth in the party's 137-year-old history.
Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates form the electoral college
They are set to vote for electing the Congress party's president on Monday
Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge are in the fray for the post of AICC chief
Ashok Gehlot has now extended support to Kharge
He has dismissed Tharoor's uneven playing field remark
He said that election of Kharge will make Congress stronger as Opposition
Tharoor has said that there is no enmity in his party
He also lamented that his campaign for Congress chief's post is getting a good response
He is contesting the Congress president election against party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge
Mallikarjun Kharge reached Bhopal to appeal to the Congress leaders to vote in his favour
'First, let these elections get over and let me become president, then we'll see', Kharge said
The election of the party President will be held on October 17
Mallikarjun Kharge has dismissed 'rumours' of getting the Gandhi family's support
He said that Sonia Gandhi is not supporting anyone in the presidential poll
Sonia Gandhi suggesting my name for the president's post is just a rumour, he said
Shashi Tharoor has claimed that some Congress leaders wanted him to withdraw from party polls
They even asked Rahul Gandhi to persuade him to do so
But Rahul Gandhi refused and said polls will help his party
Shashi Tharoor has called for 'Reinventing Congress'
The Kerala Congress MP also said that he has NO differences with Mallikarjun Kharge
Tharoor has said that he would not withdraw from the contest as he is getting good support
Congress has issued STRICT guidelines for the presidential poll
The guidelines debar party office-bearers from campaigning for their favourite candidates
Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are contesting the Congress president election in their personal capacity, the party said
No one is a FAVOURITE candidate
The Gandhi family is not endorsing any candidate, the party has said
Sonia Gandhi has said that she will stay neutral throughout the process
Kharge is known as "Solillada Saradara" (a leader without defeat) in Karnataka
He is a hardcore loyalist of the Gandhi family
If elected, he will be the second AICC president from Karnataka after S Nijalingappa
It will now be Shashi Tharoor Vs Mallikarjun Kharge in Congress chief polls
Tharoor has welcomed Kharge's nomination for the post
But he said that he won't pull out of the presidential race now
Tharoor also called Mallikarjun Kharge the 'Bhishma Pitamah' of Congress, who is widely respected
Tharoor will file his nomination for the post of Congress president on Sept 30
This was confirmed by Madhusudan Mistry
The polling, if needed, will be held on October 17
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