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Congress President Election: New party chief will decide how to implement leadership vision, says Salman Khurshid
Fp Staff •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
Mallikarjun Kharge vs Shashi Tharoor: Why Congress held elections only six times to pick its president
Fp Explainers •In its 137-year-old history, Congress has held elections six times to elect the party chief. The last presidential polls were held in 2000 when the late Jitendra Prasada challenged Sonia Gandhi
Shashi Tharoor vs Mallikarjun Kharge: How Congress will pick its first non-Gandhi president in 24 years
Fp Explainers •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
Never expected big leaders' support, but need everyone's backing: Shashi Tharoor on Congress president election
•Shashi Tharoor told reporters that he was not going to betray those who supported him till now in this endeavour of his by backing off from the election
Congress president polls: All in the party wish to take on BJP and not each other, says Shashi Tharoor
•His remarks came a day after Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge said he told Tharoor that it would be better to have a consensus candidate but the Lok Sabha MP insisted on a contest for the 'sake of democracy'.
Shashi Tharoor says he represents change in Congress which leader like Mallikarjun Kharge can't bring
•The Congress MP, while addressing party workers at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Nagpur on Sunday, said that the Congress President's polls are not a war, but only "he" can bring the required changes in the party
Congress President Elections LIVE: Kharge, Tharoor, KN Tripathi in race to lead the party
Fp Staff •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
Congress president poll anti-climax: Digvijaya Singh pulls out; it's now Shashi Tharoor vs Mallikarjuna Kharge
Fp Staff •Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday withdrew from the race for the Congress president election and said that he will propose the name of Mallikarjuna Kharge for the party's top post.
Congress president election: G23 meet sparks possibility of third candidate
•According to sources, a leader from the G23 group is likely to file a nomination on Friday for the party's presidential elections.
Did Ashok Gehlot’s revolt pave the way for Digvijaya Singh in the Congress president race?
Fp Explainers •With each passing day, there’s a new twist in the Congress presidential race. Senior leader Digvijaya Singh is the latest entrant while the jury is still out on Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s nomination