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Congress sacrificed two prime ministers in terror fight: Kharge counters PM Modi
Kharge questioned whether any leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had fought for the freedom of the country
Watch: Congress chief Kharge hits out at PM Modi, calls him 'jhootho ke sardar' in poll-bound Gujarat
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'jhootho ke sardar' who tries to gain sympathy by calling himself poor
Mallikarjun Kharge will inspire the party as President: Sonia Gandhi
Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge officially took charge as the party president at the All India Congress Committee headquarters in the national capital today
Same old, same old: Congress chief Kharge drums up anti-BJP-RSS propaganda as he takes charge
"In New India, hunger, pollution is increasing but Rupee is falling. The government is sleeping but CBI, ED, and IT are working 24 hours. In new India, Godse is called a patriot and Mahatma Gandhi is an anti-national. They want to bring the constitution of RSS," said Kharge.
Explained: The challenges that await Mallikarjun Kharge as he takes charge of the Congress
The easy part of winning the post of Congress president is over. Now, Mallikarjun Kharge has the biggest challenge of his political career — to reinvent the party, infuse energy into its cadre and reassert people’s faith in it again
GhoseSpot | Importance of Shashi Tharoor: How his ideas are relevant for Congress' survival
Shashi Tharoor’s major contribution has been to demonstrate that elections are indeed possible. If the Kharge experiment does not work, there will be clamour for another election in not too distant a future
May he have a fruitful tenure ahead: PM Modi congratulates Mallikarjun Kharge on being elected as Congress president
Kharge who defeated Shashi Tharoor in an electoral contest has become the party's first non-Gandhi president in 24 years. He will take charge on 26 October
Congress President Poll: Mallikarjun Kharge has only two things to offer, status quo and more damage
Mallikarjun Kharge, a non-Gandhi president of the Congress party should realise that the Congress cannot thrive with just the blessings of the Gandhi family
Missed chance at CM's chair, but now Congress chief: The rise and rise of Mallikarjun Kharge
Born into a poor family in Karnataka’s Gulbarga district, Mallikarjun Kharge studied law and practised for a time before joining the Congress in 1969. The 80-year-old is an eight-time MLA, two-time Lok Sabha MP, and is currently a Rajya Sabha member
WATCH: 'Ask Mallikarjun Kharge,' Rahul Gandhi announces new Congress chief even before votes were counted
Rahul Gandhi observed that Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are people with experience and understanding. 'They do not need my advice,' he added
Congress President Election: Party members choose between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor for president
Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates form the electoral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot. The results will be declared on 19 October
Congress President Election: New party chief will decide how to implement leadership vision, says Salman Khurshid
Congress President Election: Voting began at 10 am at the AICC headquarters here and at party's polling booths in state offices across the country
Shashi Tharoor vs Mallikarjun Kharge: How Congress will pick its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years
In a historic election, over 9,000 delegates will pick a party chief in a secret ballot. The face-off is between senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. The candidate who gets more than 50 per cent of the votes will helm the party
Contest with Shashi Tharoor is for betterment of country and Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge
The Congress party veteran 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
Kharge, a Gandhi family loyalist poised to be 2nd Congress chief from Karnataka
If elected, he will be the second AICC president from Karnataka after S Nijalingappa, and also a Dalit leader to hold the post after Jagjivan Ram
Congress President Elections LIVE: Kharge, Tharoor, KN Tripathi in race to lead the party
Congress President Elections LIVE: After filing his nomination papers for the upcoming Congress presidential polls on Friday, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, 'I am fighting for a big change.' Kharge also appealed to party delegates to vote for him in the election
‘Just what Congress needs for revival,’ BJP in jab at Kharge’s last minute entry for party poll
Quick to react to the new development, the BJP on Friday took a dig at the Congress after Kharge emerged as the favourite to win the poll for party chief, with its leaders suggesting that he will be a “proxy” and may also be “remote-controlled” by the Gandhi family
Why Shashi Tharoor doesn’t stand a chance of winning against Mallikarjun Kharge in Congress race
Shashi Tharoor filed his nomination papers for the post of Congress president and will go up against veteran Mallikarjun Kharge, who has the support of the party high command. It doesn't help that the Thiruvananthapuram MP is part of the dissenting G-23 group
Congress president poll: All senior leaders decided to support Kharge's candidature, says Ashok Gehlot
Ashok Gehlot, who declared on Thursday that he would not contest the election, also announced his support for Kharge after meeting the senior leader
Tharoor visits Rajghat ahead of filing nomination papers for Congress chief poll
Digvijay Singh met Tharoor on Thursday and the latter said they agreed that theirs is “not a battle between rivals but a friendly contest” among colleagues