Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face off in an electoral contest on Monday for the post of Congress chief, as the party gets ready to have a non-Gandhi president after 22 years. The elections are being held three years after Rahul Gandhi stepped down from the top post after the second straight election defeat of the… Continue reading "All eyes on Congress presidential election today"
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will start his campaign for the party president’s election by visiting the Deekshabhoomi monument in Nagpur on Saturday. Mr Tharoor will pay his tributes at Deekshabhoomi, where Dr B R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with his followers in 1956, on Saturday, said Maharashtra Congress leader Ashish Deshmukh. Deshmukh has organised the Thiruvananthapuram MP’s visit here.… Continue reading "Shashi Tharoor to being his campaign for Congress president today"
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Delhi on Sunday and discussed party’s future as well as the upcoming AICC president polls, sources said. The meeting comes amid both leaders being seen as prospective contenders for the post of AICC president. Sources said the two leaders discussed the party’s future going ahead as well as… Continue reading "Shashi Tharoor meets Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot"