Congress Presidential Polls

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

'Don't you not see difference in treatment?' Shashi Tharoor rues 'favouritism' for Kharge in Congress presidential polls

Congress presidential election candidate Shashi Tharoor on Thursday accused several Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chiefs of welcoming and meeting his rival Mallikarjun Kharge but ignoring him when he visited them.

Congress president polls: Mallikarjun Kharge dismisses 'rumours' of Sonia Gandhi's support

"Sonia Gandhi suggesting my name for the president position is all a rumour, I have never said this. She has clearly stated that anyone from the Gandhi family will neither be a part of the election nor support any candidate," Kharge said.

Asked to fight Congress prez polls 18 hours before I filed nomination: Kharge

The octogenarian stressed that his priority, if he is elected as national president of the party, would be to ensure implementation of the ‘Udaipur Declaration’, including 50 per cent tickets in elections to those aged under 50 years

Fighting Congress presidential polls as country's condition is bad: Mallikarjun Kharge

The Congress leader also requested the support of all the delegates in the Congress Presidential polls

Congress President Polls: Shashi Tharoor dismisses talk of withdrawing from election, says 'it's a fight to the finish'

Tharoor, who has been aggressively campaigning in the polls, also asserted that it was a 'friendly contest' within the party that was taking place

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

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

Explained: Congress’ new crisis as over 80 MLAs from Team Gehlot resign in Rajasthan

Over 80 MLAs in Rajasthan owing allegiance to Ashok Gehlot submitted their resignation papers to Assembly Speaker CP Joshi. The move is being perceived as the veteran leader's stand against the party high command's move to make Sachin Pilot his heir apparent in the state

Will Ashok Gehlot run for the top post of Congress? Rajasthan chief gives clear signal at late-night meeting

At the informal meeting, Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot told MLAs that he would try to convince Rahul Gandhi 'one last time' to contest and return as Congress president. If not, then he will run for the post