Congress president poll News

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

Taking a dig at the saffron party ahead of the Congress Presidential Polls Shashi Tharoor said BJP should start preparing of being a part of the opposition.

The Congress party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge said the election campaign was not about what a particular candidate will do if he becomes the president of the party, but what they can do together.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he will not withdraw his nomination for the post of Congress president The Thiruvananthapuram MP said that he was drawing huge support from the party leaders and cadres The polling for the Congress presidential election is scheduled to be held on October 17

Mallikarjun Kharge told fellow contender Shashi Tharoor to have a consensus candidate But Shashi Tharoor insisted on a contest for the "sake of democracy" 80-year-old Kharge said there is no G-23 camp now

Former Jharkhand minister K N Tripathi's nomination was rejected on Saturday The three had filed nominations on Friday, the last day of the process While Kharge submitted 14 forms, Tharoor submitted five and Tripathi one

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

Congress president poll: Mallikarjun Kharge's candidature was proposed by party leaders Ashok Gehlot, Digvijaya Singh, Pramod Tiwari, PL Punia, AK Antony, Pawan Kumar Bansal and Mukul Wasnik. 

Mallikarjun Kharge decides to file his nomination after meeting interim president Sonia Gandhi Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari confirmed this development Tiwari said he and PL Punia will be proposers for Kharge's candidature

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi along with party leaders and workers resume the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on Day 20 The Yatra commenced from Pulamanthole junction in this northern district after it completed Day 19 at Koppam In Palakkad district on Monday evening, the Bharat Jodo Yatra completed 19 days and 419 kilometres

A large group of MLAs loyal to CM Ashok Gehlot held a meeting at Minister Shanti Dhariwal's residence and decided to go to Speaker CP Joshi's residence to submit their resignation.

Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad met Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence Congress president poll if needed is scheduled for October 17 Lalu Prasad's meet with Sonia Gandhi was first active political engagement in a long time

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot is all set to contest the election for the party president, and most likely relinquish the chief minister's post, with party leader Rahul Gandhi insisting on implementing the 'one man-one post' principle.

Congress MP and G-23 leader Manish Tewari said the party must publish names of electors on the AICC website to ensure transparency He also asked why anyone seeking to contest the Congress president's election should go to the PCC office to get the electoral roll Tewari said the CWC has announced schedule of Congress President's election not to 28 PCC's and 8 territorial Congress Committees

Anand Sharma raised questions on the preparation of electoral rolls for the AICC president's election During the CWC meeting, he asked whether due process under the party's constitution was followed or not Jairam Ramesh, however, asserted that no questions were raised about the party's electoral process and schedule

The Congress party has now started the search for a permanent national president. Sonia Gandhi is currently not in a position to hold this post due to health reasons.

Will Rahul Gandhi contest the election for the post of Congress` President? The speculations continue as merely a few days left for the election process to start The party had announced that the polls to be held between August 21 and September 20