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  • New Congress president will make a decision my function: Rahul Gandhi

    Through PTI

    ADONI: MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stated the president used to be the ‘splendid authority’ within the Congress and whoever were given elected to the put up would make a decision at the manner ahead (for the birthday celebration).

    Responding to a question throughout his transient interplay with media throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra right here, Rahul Gandhi stated the brand new president would make a decision on “what my function and the way I can be deployed.”

    “Clearly”, Rahul spoke back when requested if he could be reporting to the brand new president. “President is the splendid authority within the Congress and everybody reviews to him. My function – I’m very transparent Congress president will make a decision what my function is and the way I can be deployed,” he remarked.

    At one level, Rahul stated, “It’s for Kharge to make a decision – however later corrected himself to – whoever will get elected, that gentleman will make a decision.”

    ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge elected as Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in over 20 years

    Rahul seen that “Kharge and Tharoor are other people with enjoy and figuring out. They should not have my recommendation,” he added.

    Puzzled about Shashi Tharoor’s allegation of irregularities within the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul stated the birthday celebration had an institutional framework to maintain it.

    “We’re the one birthday celebration that has an election fee inside of it with a TN Seshan-type of individual. Mistry is a completely honest individual. Our EC will take a choice at the irregularities,” he stated.

    ADONI: MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stated the president used to be the ‘splendid authority’ within the Congress and whoever were given elected to the put up would make a decision at the manner ahead (for the birthday celebration).

    Responding to a question throughout his transient interplay with media throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra right here, Rahul Gandhi stated the brand new president would make a decision on “what my function and the way I can be deployed.”

    “Clearly”, Rahul spoke back when requested if he could be reporting to the brand new president. “President is the splendid authority within the Congress and everybody reviews to him. My function – I’m very transparent Congress president will make a decision what my function is and the way I can be deployed,” he remarked.

    At one level, Rahul stated, “It’s for Kharge to make a decision – however later corrected himself to – whoever will get elected, that gentleman will make a decision.”

    ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge elected as Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in over 20 years

    Rahul seen that “Kharge and Tharoor are other people with enjoy and figuring out. They should not have my recommendation,” he added.

    Puzzled about Shashi Tharoor’s allegation of irregularities within the Congress president election in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul stated the birthday celebration had an institutional framework to maintain it.

    “We’re the one birthday celebration that has an election fee inside of it with a TN Seshan-type of individual. Mistry is a completely honest individual. Our EC will take a choice at the irregularities,” he stated.

  • Many PCCs endorse Kharge as Congress leader

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    NEW DELHI: Forward of the birthday celebration’s presidential ballot, the rift within the Congress turns out to have deepened, with some Pradesh Congress Committees (PCC) pointing out toughen for Mallikarjun Kharge over Shashi Tharoor. The Thiruvananthapuram MP is taking at the senior chief within the race for the highest publish. The election will likely be hung on October 17 and the final date of withdrawal of nomination is October 8.

    Although the birthday celebration’s central election authority issued pointers barring place of work bearers from campaigning for applicants contesting the election, PCCs in Telangana and Kerala overtly introduced toughen for Kharge at the identical day. Freeing a collection of pointers on Monday, the CEC stated that those that want to marketing campaign for the applicants need to surrender from their organisational publish.

    The Telangana PCC on Monday even steered Tharoor to withdraw from the competition, whilst leaders of Karnataka PCC have additionally prolonged toughen to Kharge’s candidature. Chatting with this paper, a senior chief from Assam stated that although they didn’t obtain any direct order from the top command to vote for Kharge, the indicators from the highest are indicative in their desire.

    “Maximum of our delegates are rooting for Kharge as they’re mindful that he’s the selection of the top command. It used to be transparent from the way in which senior leaders rallied round him at the day the nominations had been filed,” stated the chief.Any other chief identified that some states are below force to again Kharge as rumours are rife that the ones PCCs the place Tharoor will get extra votes will likely be dissolved.

    All the way through his marketing campaign in Kerala, Tharoor attempted to quell the fears of the Congress staff by means of pronouncing that election will likely be carried out thru secret poll. “It wouldn’t be imaginable to be told which PCC voted for whom. The poll bins will likely be opened in Delhi within the presence of applicants,” he advised media individuals. 

    Tharoor additionally published that even Rahul Gandhi used to be requested to steer him to withdraw from the race. “Rahul Gandhi  advised me that some birthday celebration leaders have requested him to steer me to withdraw. However he refused to take action. He stated I will have to contest the election. He jogged my memory that he has been pronouncing so for 10 years that there will have to be a competition for the birthday celebration’s president publish,” Tharoor stated all over his election marketing campaign in Kerala.

    Knives had been out within the open within the Kerala unit after Tharoor reached the state for his campaigning. KPCC leader Ok Sudhakaran publicly supported Kharge’s candidature. Whilst Tharoor gained toughen from younger leaders, the department within the birthday celebration ranks used to be obvious with leaders corresponding to A Ok Antony and Ok Muraleedharan endorsing Kharge.Any other chief from Uttar Pradesh advised this newspaper that the appointment of a brand new PCC leader in the midst of the election presentations that it’s now not a ‘loose and honest’ one. 

    Tharoor’s transfer
    All the way through his marketing campaign in Kerala, Tharoor attempted to quell the fears of the Congress staff by means of pronouncing that election will likely be carried out thru secret poll

    NEW DELHI: Forward of the birthday celebration’s presidential ballot, the rift within the Congress turns out to have deepened, with some Pradesh Congress Committees (PCC) pointing out toughen for Mallikarjun Kharge over Shashi Tharoor. The Thiruvananthapuram MP is taking at the senior chief within the race for the highest publish. The election will likely be hung on October 17 and the final date of withdrawal of nomination is October 8.

    Although the birthday celebration’s central election authority issued pointers barring place of work bearers from campaigning for applicants contesting the election, PCCs in Telangana and Kerala overtly introduced toughen for Kharge at the identical day. Freeing a collection of pointers on Monday, the CEC stated that those that want to marketing campaign for the applicants need to surrender from their organisational publish.

    The Telangana PCC on Monday even steered Tharoor to withdraw from the competition, whilst leaders of Karnataka PCC have additionally prolonged toughen to Kharge’s candidature. Chatting with this paper, a senior chief from Assam stated that although they didn’t obtain any direct order from the top command to vote for Kharge, the indicators from the highest are indicative in their desire.

    “Maximum of our delegates are rooting for Kharge as they’re mindful that he’s the selection of the top command. It used to be transparent from the way in which senior leaders rallied round him at the day the nominations had been filed,” stated the chief.Any other chief identified that some states are below force to again Kharge as rumours are rife that the ones PCCs the place Tharoor will get extra votes will likely be dissolved.

    All the way through his marketing campaign in Kerala, Tharoor attempted to quell the fears of the Congress staff by means of pronouncing that election will likely be carried out thru secret poll. “It wouldn’t be imaginable to be told which PCC voted for whom. The poll bins will likely be opened in Delhi within the presence of applicants,” he advised media individuals. 

    Tharoor additionally published that even Rahul Gandhi used to be requested to steer him to withdraw from the race. “Rahul Gandhi  advised me that some birthday celebration leaders have requested him to steer me to withdraw. However he refused to take action. He stated I will have to contest the election. He jogged my memory that he has been pronouncing so for 10 years that there will have to be a competition for the birthday celebration’s president publish,” Tharoor stated all over his election marketing campaign in Kerala.

    Knives had been out within the open within the Kerala unit after Tharoor reached the state for his campaigning. KPCC leader Ok Sudhakaran publicly supported Kharge’s candidature. Whilst Tharoor gained toughen from younger leaders, the department within the birthday celebration ranks used to be obvious with leaders corresponding to A Ok Antony and Ok Muraleedharan endorsing Kharge.Any other chief from Uttar Pradesh advised this newspaper that the appointment of a brand new PCC leader in the midst of the election presentations that it’s now not a ‘loose and honest’ one. 

    Tharoor’s transfer
    All the way through his marketing campaign in Kerala, Tharoor attempted to quell the fears of the Congress staff by means of pronouncing that election will likely be carried out thru secret poll

  • Shashi Tharoor taste makes waves in Congresss ballot power

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    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Shashi Tharoor launching a parliament election-like marketing campaign within the Congress presidential ballot, an enchanting state of affairs has developed in Kerala. The celebration management within the state has rallied in the back of the Gandhi circle of relatives nominee, Mallikarjun Kharge, whilst the average Congress staff have thrown their weight in the back of the Thiruvanathapuram MP. During the last few days, Tharoor is all over the place the social media with rankings of other folks urging him to herald trade and transparency in addition to instill younger blood within the celebration.

    Even though the highest Congress leaders in Kerala are hanging up a courageous face, they’re surpised on the strengthen Tharoor is gaining on the grass-root degree, and allege it’s the handiwork of the CPM and the BJP supporters. Chief of Opposition V D Satheesan mentioned the large strengthen for Tharoor in social media won’t mirror within the presidential polls. “Tharoor is undoubtedly an highbrow par excellence and likewise an asset to the celebration. However what’s his Congress background? He is also having an enormous fanbase in social media who by the way aren’t citizens within the election,” Satheesan informed TNIE. Satheesan’s predecessor Ramesh Chennithala, who’s slated to marketing campaign for Kharge in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has additionally challenged Tharoor’s declare that he’s the “splendid” selection for the Congress president submit.

    Tharoor meets Chandy, different seniors

    Chennithala informed TNIE that he changed into a Congress Operating Committee chief at an excessively younger age after protecting a number of posts, step-by-step. “Tharoor is but to carry any submit on the organisational degree. So how is it conceivable to at once contest for the Congress president’s submit? We don’t endorse his opinion that he’s the best candidate for the president submit.” he mentioned. In the meantime, Tharoor met a number of senior leaders like Vakkom Purushothaman, Thennala Balakrishna Pillai and Oommen Chandy searching for their strengthen.

    He even visited Punalur in Kollam to pay respects to former sate secretary Punalur Madhu, who died on Monday. The Congress management in Kerala claims Tharoor will safe simplest 10% of the entire 309 votes within the state. Then again, Tharoor loyalist Thampanoor Ravi mentioned numbers don’t topic.

    “Election to the submit of the Congress president is occurring after 22 years. Tharoor has proven the heart to contest. There’s not anything mistaken because the nationwide management has been pronouncing over and over again that any one can contest within the election which is being held democratically,” Ravi, who at the beginning belongs to the Oommen Chandy faction, informed TNIE. On Thursday, Tharoor is slated to satisfy celebration leaders in Chennai.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Shashi Tharoor launching a parliament election-like marketing campaign within the Congress presidential ballot, an enchanting state of affairs has developed in Kerala. The celebration management within the state has rallied in the back of the Gandhi circle of relatives nominee, Mallikarjun Kharge, whilst the average Congress staff have thrown their weight in the back of the Thiruvanathapuram MP. During the last few days, Tharoor is all over the place the social media with rankings of other folks urging him to herald trade and transparency in addition to instill younger blood within the celebration.

    Even though the highest Congress leaders in Kerala are hanging up a courageous face, they’re surpised on the strengthen Tharoor is gaining on the grass-root degree, and allege it’s the handiwork of the CPM and the BJP supporters. Chief of Opposition V D Satheesan mentioned the large strengthen for Tharoor in social media won’t mirror within the presidential polls. “Tharoor is undoubtedly an highbrow par excellence and likewise an asset to the celebration. However what’s his Congress background? He is also having an enormous fanbase in social media who by the way aren’t citizens within the election,” Satheesan informed TNIE. Satheesan’s predecessor Ramesh Chennithala, who’s slated to marketing campaign for Kharge in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has additionally challenged Tharoor’s declare that he’s the “splendid” selection for the Congress president submit.

    Tharoor meets Chandy, different seniors

    Chennithala informed TNIE that he changed into a Congress Operating Committee chief at an excessively younger age after protecting a number of posts, step-by-step. “Tharoor is but to carry any submit on the organisational degree. So how is it conceivable to at once contest for the Congress president’s submit? We don’t endorse his opinion that he’s the best candidate for the president submit.” he mentioned. In the meantime, Tharoor met a number of senior leaders like Vakkom Purushothaman, Thennala Balakrishna Pillai and Oommen Chandy searching for their strengthen.

    He even visited Punalur in Kollam to pay respects to former sate secretary Punalur Madhu, who died on Monday. The Congress management in Kerala claims Tharoor will safe simplest 10% of the entire 309 votes within the state. Then again, Tharoor loyalist Thampanoor Ravi mentioned numbers don’t topic.

    “Election to the submit of the Congress president is occurring after 22 years. Tharoor has proven the heart to contest. There’s not anything mistaken because the nationwide management has been pronouncing over and over again that any one can contest within the election which is being held democratically,” Ravi, who at the beginning belongs to the Oommen Chandy faction, informed TNIE. On Thursday, Tharoor is slated to satisfy celebration leaders in Chennai.

  • Congress president ballot: Digvijaya Singh meets Kharge, Venugopal

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Forward of submitting his nomination for the Congress presidential ballot, celebration chief Digvijaya Singh on Friday met his colleagues Mallikarjun Kharge and Okay C Venugopal.

    The main points of the conferences weren’t identified right away. 

    Singh accrued nomination papers for the celebration president election on Thursday, at the same time as Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot opted out of the race.

    Kharge could also be most likely to go into the competition with the blessing of the Gandhi circle of relatives.

    There’s hypothesis that Singh would possibly substitute Kharge because the Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha if the latter turns into the celebration leader.

    ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge to report nomination for Congress leader submit these days

    Delhi | Congress MP Digvijaya Singh arrives on the place of dwelling of celebration chief & LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge

    Singh will report his nomination for the submit of Congress president these days %.twitter.com/bPKQEcFxyH

    — ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2022

    The ‘one guy, one submit’ formulation will practice to Kharge, as on the subject of Gehlot, who was once requested to give up as leader minister if he contested for the highest celebration submit.

    Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor will even report his nomination papers on Friday.

    A tent has been arrange at the lawns of the AICC headquarters right here and celebration leaders can report their nomination papers between 11 am and three pm.

    Polling will happen on October 17 and the outcome will likely be introduced on October 19.

    NEW DELHI: Forward of submitting his nomination for the Congress presidential ballot, celebration chief Digvijaya Singh on Friday met his colleagues Mallikarjun Kharge and Okay C Venugopal.

    The main points of the conferences weren’t identified right away. 

    Singh accrued nomination papers for the celebration president election on Thursday, at the same time as Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot opted out of the race.

    Kharge could also be most likely to go into the competition with the blessing of the Gandhi circle of relatives.

    There’s hypothesis that Singh would possibly substitute Kharge because the Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha if the latter turns into the celebration leader.

    ALSO READ | Mallikarjun Kharge to report nomination for Congress leader submit these days

    Delhi | Congress MP Digvijaya Singh arrives on the place of dwelling of celebration chief & LoP Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge
    Singh will report his nomination for the submit of Congress president these days %.twitter.com/bPKQEcFxyH
    — ANI (@ANI) September 30, 2022
    The ‘one guy, one submit’ formulation will practice to Kharge, as on the subject of Gehlot, who was once requested to give up as leader minister if he contested for the highest celebration submit.

    Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor will even report his nomination papers on Friday.

    A tent has been arrange at the lawns of the AICC headquarters right here and celebration leaders can report their nomination papers between 11 am and three pm.

    Polling will happen on October 17 and the outcome will likely be introduced on October 19.

  • Congress presidential ballot: Celebration asks spokespersons to chorus from commenting on applicants

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: An afternoon after Congress chief Gourav Vallabh taunted Shashi Tharoor over his possible AICC president ballot bid, the celebration on Friday prompt all its spokespersons and verbal exchange division administrative center bearers to chorus from commenting on any colleague contesting the elections.

    Within the first indicator of leaders taking aspects within the upcoming contest for the highest publish, Vallabh had additionally voiced toughen for some other contender, Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot, who many consider has the backing of the present management.

    In line with resources, AICC basic secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh, in a message to all spokespersons and administrative center bearers of the verbal exchange division, mentioned, “I’d strongly urge all spokespersons and administrative center bearers of Communications Division of AICC to chorus from making any remark of any sort on any colleague of ours contesting the elections for the publish of Congress president.”

    “All of us have our person personal tastes however our activity is to simply spotlight that the Congress is the one political celebration to have a democratic and clear machine in position for election to the publish of its president,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh instructed the spokespersons and administrative center bearers of the communications division that their activity is to focus on that the Congress is the one political celebration in India to have an impartial election authority to behavior organisational elections, the resources mentioned.

    “An individual short of to contest wishes no nod from any one to take action except for from 10 PCC delegates for submitting nomination shape. The election authority guarantees unfastened and honest elections. Spokespersons need to make sure that elections are noticed to be unfastened and honest,” Ramesh mentioned.

    “If elections should be hung on October seventeenth so be it. We welcome it. Even so the point of interest of all the celebration organisation must be and certainly is to make the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which has already evoked super reaction much more of a powerful good fortune,” the resources quoted the Congress basic secretary as pronouncing in his message.

    Vallabh may be a celebration spokesperson however he asserted his feedback had been as a Congress employee and no longer spokesperson.

    “Like crores of employees, my first want is that Rahul Gandhi Ji must supply his management to the Congress and the rustic. But when Rahul Gandhi ji stays steadfast on his resolution (of no longer taking on the Congress leader publish) and one has to choose from the 2 names which are showing in public dialogue, then there is not any comparability between the 2,” Vallabh had mentioned in a chain of tweets in Hindi.

    At the one hand, there’s Gehlot who has the enjoy of being a Union minister, thrice leader minister, 5 instances MP, 5 instances MLA, and who has defeated Narendra Modi-Amit Shah in an immediate contest and who has had 45 years of “spotless” political lifestyles, he mentioned.

    “Then again there’s Shashi Tharoor sahib who has made just one primary contribution to the celebration within the ultimate 8 years — despatched letters to Congress President Sonia Gandhi ji when she used to be hospitalised, this act brought about ache to crores of celebration employees like me. The selection could be very easy and transparent,” he had mentioned.

    Vallabh’s remarks had been a connection with the letter despatched by means of a bunch of 23 leaders, together with Tharoor, to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 in search of large-scale reforms within the celebration.

    In a overdue evening tweet, Tharoor posted former US president Theodore Roosevelt’s well-known speech referred to as “The Guy within the Enviornment”.

    “It’s not the critic who counts; no longer the person who issues out how the sturdy guy stumbles, or the place the doer of deeds will have carried out them higher. The credit score belongs to the person who’s if truth be told within the enviornment who on the worst, if he fails, a minimum of fails whilst bold very much, in order that his position shall by no means be with the ones chilly and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat,” Roosevelt had mentioned within the speech posted by means of Tharoor.

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    — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 22, 2022

    Many noticed the publish by means of Tharoor as his reaction to Vallabh and different critics, in addition to a connection with his possible All India Congress Committee (AICC) presidential publish run.

    After over twenty years, the Congress is about to look a competition for the publish of celebration leader.

    Gehlot and Tharoor are being noticed because the most likely contenders.

    The Congress’ central election authority on Thursday issued a notification for the AICC president polls, environment the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving celebration leader Sonia Gandhi.

    Tharoor on Monday had met Sonia Gandhi and expressed his purpose to contest the approaching AICC leader polls, whilst the Congress president conveyed that she would keep “impartial” within the elections, in line with resources.

    Sonia Gandhi welcomed the speculation of extra folks contesting the polls and dispelled the perception that there can be an “professional candidate”.

    NEW DELHI: An afternoon after Congress chief Gourav Vallabh taunted Shashi Tharoor over his possible AICC president ballot bid, the celebration on Friday prompt all its spokespersons and verbal exchange division administrative center bearers to chorus from commenting on any colleague contesting the elections.

    Within the first indicator of leaders taking aspects within the upcoming contest for the highest publish, Vallabh had additionally voiced toughen for some other contender, Rajasthan Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot, who many consider has the backing of the present management.

    In line with resources, AICC basic secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh, in a message to all spokespersons and administrative center bearers of the verbal exchange division, mentioned, “I’d strongly urge all spokespersons and administrative center bearers of Communications Division of AICC to chorus from making any remark of any sort on any colleague of ours contesting the elections for the publish of Congress president.”

    “All of us have our person personal tastes however our activity is to simply spotlight that the Congress is the one political celebration to have a democratic and clear machine in position for election to the publish of its president,” he mentioned.

    Ramesh instructed the spokespersons and administrative center bearers of the communications division that their activity is to focus on that the Congress is the one political celebration in India to have an impartial election authority to behavior organisational elections, the resources mentioned.

    “An individual short of to contest wishes no nod from any one to take action except for from 10 PCC delegates for submitting nomination shape. The election authority guarantees unfastened and honest elections. Spokespersons need to make sure that elections are noticed to be unfastened and honest,” Ramesh mentioned.

    “If elections should be hung on October seventeenth so be it. We welcome it. Even so the point of interest of all the celebration organisation must be and certainly is to make the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which has already evoked super reaction much more of a powerful good fortune,” the resources quoted the Congress basic secretary as pronouncing in his message.

    Vallabh may be a celebration spokesperson however he asserted his feedback had been as a Congress employee and no longer spokesperson.

    “Like crores of employees, my first want is that Rahul Gandhi Ji must supply his management to the Congress and the rustic. But when Rahul Gandhi ji stays steadfast on his resolution (of no longer taking on the Congress leader publish) and one has to choose from the 2 names which are showing in public dialogue, then there is not any comparability between the 2,” Vallabh had mentioned in a chain of tweets in Hindi.

    At the one hand, there’s Gehlot who has the enjoy of being a Union minister, thrice leader minister, 5 instances MP, 5 instances MLA, and who has defeated Narendra Modi-Amit Shah in an immediate contest and who has had 45 years of “spotless” political lifestyles, he mentioned.

    “Then again there’s Shashi Tharoor sahib who has made just one primary contribution to the celebration within the ultimate 8 years — despatched letters to Congress President Sonia Gandhi ji when she used to be hospitalised, this act brought about ache to crores of celebration employees like me. The selection could be very easy and transparent,” he had mentioned.

    Vallabh’s remarks had been a connection with the letter despatched by means of a bunch of 23 leaders, together with Tharoor, to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 in search of large-scale reforms within the celebration.

    In a overdue evening tweet, Tharoor posted former US president Theodore Roosevelt’s well-known speech referred to as “The Guy within the Enviornment”.

    “It’s not the critic who counts; no longer the person who issues out how the sturdy guy stumbles, or the place the doer of deeds will have carried out them higher. The credit score belongs to the person who’s if truth be told within the enviornment who on the worst, if he fails, a minimum of fails whilst bold very much, in order that his position shall by no means be with the ones chilly and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat,” Roosevelt had mentioned within the speech posted by means of Tharoor.

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    — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 22, 2022

    Many noticed the publish by means of Tharoor as his reaction to Vallabh and different critics, in addition to a connection with his possible All India Congress Committee (AICC) presidential publish run.

    After over twenty years, the Congress is about to look a competition for the publish of celebration leader.

    Gehlot and Tharoor are being noticed because the most likely contenders.

    The Congress’ central election authority on Thursday issued a notification for the AICC president polls, environment the ball rolling for electing the successor to the longest-serving celebration leader Sonia Gandhi.

    Tharoor on Monday had met Sonia Gandhi and expressed his purpose to contest the approaching AICC leader polls, whilst the Congress president conveyed that she would keep “impartial” within the elections, in line with resources.

    Sonia Gandhi welcomed the speculation of extra folks contesting the polls and dispelled the perception that there can be an “professional candidate”.