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Politics: New Congress President Will Decide My Role, Says Rahul Gandhi On Appointing New Party Chief

MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the president was the supreme authority in the Congress and whoever got elected to the post would decide on the way forward (for the party). Read more on Dynamite News:

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Mallikarjun Kharge Kharge Elected As Congress President; First Non-Gandhi In 24-Year

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday won Congress Presidential Elections against Shashi Tharoor. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Polling Concludes For Congress Presidential Election; Counting On 19 October

Voting ended for Congress presidential elections on Monday with the delegates casting their vote to choose the party's next chief between former union ministers Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. Read more on Dynamite News:

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India's Congress begins vote to elect new party president

India’s main opposition Congress party is looking beyond the dominant Nehru-Gandhi family to elect its next leader

The Independent UK

Congress Presidential Election: Jairam Ramesh Hails Polls As Historic

Jairam Ramesh said that the Congress is the only political party that has elections for the post of president and also the only one to have a TN Seshan-like central election authority chairman in Madhusudan Mistry. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Congress Presidential Election: Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Cast Their Vote

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also accompanied her mother Sonia Gandhi and cast her vote. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Veteran of India's opposition Congress expected to win leadership race

Members of India's opposition Congress party voted on Monday to elect its first head in nearly 25 years from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of leaders, with a veteran loyal to the family expected to win.

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Congress presidential election | Shashi Tharoor says will call for CWC elections if elected party chief

Thiruvananthapuram MP says he would fully implement the Udaipur Declaration agreed at Congress Chintan Shivir

The Hindu

Kharge likely to get a rousing reception from TNCC on campaign trail

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Those expecting lopsided victory for 'establishment' in for a surprise: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor said his own strengths are in different domains but both Mallikarjun Kharge and he share similar convictions and strong loyalty to the ideals and values of the Congress

The Hindu

Kharge vs Tharoor: Inside the campaign to elect the new Congress president

“Hello sir, I am calling from Shashi Tharoor sir’s office. You know elections are coming and both Kharge and Tharoor sahib are the choice of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi ji,” a canvasser for Shashi Tharoor solicits the support of a Congress delegate from Amethi. “Please vote carefully.”

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Rajasthan rebellion shows Gandhis’ diminishing clout

The party may need powerful regional leaders to turn things around and win elections, but strong regional satraps don’t necessarily follow diktats empowering the Congress high command to take decisions for them

The Hindu

Shashi Tharoor | The diplomat-politician

The former international civil servant and three-time MP from Kerala is in a heavily one-sided battle for the post of the president of the Congress, the party that he joined in 13 years ago.

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Fr. Stan Swamy’s human rights were violated, says Shashi Tharoor

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor says the late tribal activist’s death had brought the world’s attention to his work and commitment

The Hindu

Mallikarjun Kharge, Shashi Tharoor men of stature, can’t be remote-controlled, says Rahul Gandhi

Addressing a press conference at Turuvekere as part of Bharat Jodo Yatra, he said both Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, in the fray for the post of Congress president, were persons of stature

The Hindu

Tharoor releases Congress president poll manifesto, pitches for limiting State chiefs’ term

Decentralising powers, strengthening party at the booth level and trusting State presidents by giving them a free hand in decision making are among the points highlighted in the manifesto

The Hindu

Cold response from TNCC, but Shashi Tharoor firm on contesting

Shashi Tharoor received a muted response from well-known faces of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, who stayed away from his campaign at Sathyamurthy Bhavan

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Shashi Tharoor to meet TNCC delegates in Chennai today

This will be Tharoor’s fourth stop in his campaign. He’s expected to meet TNCC delegates and seek their support

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Shashi Tharoor-Mallikarjun Kharge contest | Gloves off in Congress Kerala unit

Mr. Tharoor hints that he might move the Chief Election Officer (CEO) Madhusudhan Mistry against Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office bearers who openly pitched for Mallikarjun Kharge

The Hindu

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Rahul Gandhi was asked to request me to withdraw from Congress president polls: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor said that he never expected big leaders to support him and does not expect it even now, but at the same time he needs everyone's backing

The Hindu

As campaign commences in Kerala, Tharoor hits back at KPCC leaders who back Kharge

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) had no official candidate for Congress president, said Mr. Tharoor

The Hindu

Congress leaders ‘cold shoulder’ Shashi Tharoor

We didn’t have any information on Mr. Tharoor visit, say party leaders

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