Mallikarjun Kharge to be new Congress President
Congress got its first non-Gandhi president after 24 years. Senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge has won the election of the new Congress President. He defeated Shashi Tharoor by a huge margin.
Kharge has won by a huge margin. In the election fray for the post of Speaker, Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor was in front of Kharge.
Who got how many votes?
Total votes cast – 9,385
Mallikarjun Kharge – 7897 votes
Shashi Tharoor – 1072 votes
416 votes rejected
Outgoing Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi met and congratulated newly elected Congress President Shri @kharge at his residence and extended her best wishes to him and his family. pic.twitter.com/nH9bhhnCdN
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 19, 2022
Even before the formal announcement of Kharge’s victory, Tharoor accepted his defeat and congratulated him. Shashi Tharoor congratulated Kharge and said, ‘Being the President of Congress is a great honor and a great responsibility. I wish Kharge ji success in this. Tharoor further said that it was a privilege for me to have the support of over a thousand allies and to carry forward the hopes and aspirations of so many Congress well wishers across India.’
