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I am in Congress president race to strengthen party, says Mallikarjun Kharge

The 80-year-old leader says he had reached out to rival candidate Shashi Tharoor to pitch for a ‘consensus’ candidate, declares that his fight will focus on rising unemployment and inflation

The Hindu

CPI will formulate alternative economic programmes at party congress, says D. Raja

CPI general secretary says Congress should accept the new political situation and be accommodative to other parties

The Hindu

Congress president polls | Open to public debate, will evoke people's interest in party, says Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor said the Nehru-Gandhi family has held and will always hold a special place in the hearts of Congress party members.

The Hindu

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Congress president polls: Ashok Gehlot throws his weight behind Mallikarjun Kharge

Ashok Gehlot said Shashi Tharoor is a good man but he is from the elite class.

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Shashi Tharoor: the president the Congress needs but won’t get

He knows enough about the party but is not caught in its intrigues; and he knows better than most others how to represent it before the expanding Indian middle class

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Telangana Congress welcomes Kharge’s candidature

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Congress president polls | It’s Mallikarjun Kharge vs Shashi Tharoor as Tripathi’s nomination is rejected

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.

The Hindu

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Mallikarjun Kharge asks Sonia to pick new Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha

Digvijaya Singh and P. Chidambaram are among the senior-most party leaders but Mr. Singh may have an edge in the role of Leader of the Opposition

The Hindu

Political Line | The paradox of the Gandhi family fiat

Here is the latest edition of the Political Line newsletter curated by Varghese K. George

The Hindu

4 reasons why Mallikarjun Kharge may pip Shashi Tharoor at Congress president’s post

NEW DELHI: After a long-lasting drama and several twists and turns, the battlelines for the election to the Congress president’s post have finally been drawn. Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge seems to have a clear advantage over Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor in the election to…

The Times of India

BJP blames Kamal Nath for Digvijaya Singh dropping out of Congress presdient race

Home Minister Narottam Mishra says Kamal Nath would have never allowed Mr. Singh to become National president

The Hindu

G-23 members cave in, back Kharge in presidential polls

They ignore Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor who too was a member of G-23; Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Prithviraj Chavan and Manish Tewari turn proposers of party veteran Kharge

The Hindu

What happens when the Rajasthan Congress crisis lands up at Sonia Gandhi’s doorstep?

A black Innova with four occupants snailed towards a video journalist, standing across the road in front of Congress working president Sonia Gandhi’s official residence in Lutyens’ Delhi, at 5.30 pm on Thursday. With all cameras turned towards Gandhi’s house, a man on the front seat necked out and entreated…

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Mallikarjun Kharge represents status quo, I stand for change that ordinary party workers seek: Shashi Tharoor

I believe that the party deserves to move forward in a positive way; we have the answers to what India needs at this time, especially for those who have been suffering in the past eight years of BJP rule, says the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, after filing papers for the…

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Indian opposition party seeks to shed dynastic rule image

India’s main opposition party Indian National Congress is set to choose a non-family member as its next president as it struggles to recover before key upcoming elections

The Hindu

Mallikarjun Kharge’s possible elevation could be asset to Congress ahead of 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls

A Dalit leader with a consistently clean image and a vocal critic of the Modi government, Kharge has been ardently espousing the need for unity of non-BJP parties “to save democracy and the Constitution”

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Kaun Banega Congress Boss: Kharge files nomination for Cong president poll

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday filed his nomination for the post of party president. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Mallikarjun Kharge, Shashi Tharoor among three Congress president poll contestants

Digvijaya Singh opts out in favour of 80-year-old Kharge, whose name was proposed by party veterans, including Antony, Gehlot; Former Jharkhand Minister K. N. Tripathi is third candidate

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The Times of India

Digvijaya Singh opts out of Cong prez race, to back Mallikarjun Kharge

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday announced that he will not contest the party president's election and would instead propose the candidature of his senior Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Congress presidential polls | Mallikarjun Kharge to contest, says Pramod Tiwari

Friday is the last day for filing nominations for the top party post.

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Congress President Election: Mallikarjun Kharge Likely To File Nomination For Congress Chief Post Today

The contest for the post will then be likely to be between Kharge, Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Three Ashok Gehlot loyalists get notice; no clarity on Congress president poll

With just three days left for filing of nominations, there is talk of a ‘Plan B’ among Gandhi family supporters; so far, only Shashi Tharoor and party treasurer Pawan Bansal have collected nomination forms

The Times of India

Congress president election: Is Rajasthan going the Punjab way?

NEW DELHI: Instability has come back to haunt the Congress in Rajasthan after two years. The Congress leadership’s move to replace Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi in September last year as the Punjab CM a few months before the state poll had cost it dear. Its similar bid to…

The Hindu

Team Gehlot in the wrong, says Cong.; CM denies role in revolt

Sonia Gandhi asks for written report from Kharge and Maken; party rejects demand of protesting legislators that a one-line resolution authorising the Congress president to nominate new Rajasthan CM should be applicable after October 19

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Rajasthan: Congress has never allowed 'conditional resolutions', says Maken over Party MLAs rebellion

The meeting of the CLP was scheduled with the approval of the Chief Minister at his residence. For those MLAs who did not turn up, we had been saying that we are here to hear everybody's issues. We will listen to their issues one-to-one. Read more on Dynamite News:

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