The Latest Breaking News from Madhusudan Mistry

"I extend my heartiest congratulations to the newly elected president Mallikarjun Kharge. Change is the rule of the world... Congress had faced a lot of difficulties earlier as well. But I am sure we will overcome the problems," said the outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Read on for details:

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday took charge as Congress President in the presence of Gandhi family's. Read on for details:

Congress poll panel chairman Madhusudan Mistry said Mr. Tripathi's form was rejected as the signature of one of his proposers did not match and another proposer's signature was repeated.

An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India's main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years.

Pawan Bansal, however, later said he was ‘not in the race for party president’s post’

The process of filing the nomination will take place from September 24 to September 30 and the results will be declared on October 19

NEW DELHI: Will Congress finally have a non-Gandhi president? If that happens, it will be a first since 2000. Come October 19 and we will have a definitive answer as the party has set the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving chief Sonia Gandhi.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is preparing to contest the AICC president polls, met the party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday and enquired about nomination formalities.

P. Chidambaram said that if Rahul Gandhi is elected Congress president, he will be both leader and president, but if he is not, he will remain the acknowledged leader of the party