Mallikarjun Kharge wins Congress president polls, to take charge on Oct 26

Shashi Tharoor: 'This election was never about a person'

Shashi Tharoor, after losing the Congress presidential election, said, "We should consider Kharge Ji's victory as the victory of the Congress party. This election was never about a person but always about the party. I always wanted to strengthen the party because strengthening Congress is very important for the country."

Sonia Gandhi visits newly-elected Congress president Kharge

Ex-Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrived at Mallikarjun Kharge's residence as he swept the polls to become the new Congress president.

#WATCH | Delhi: Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi arrives at the residence of Congress President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge pic.twitter.com/KsNtOpiD9A

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

''It is a great honour & a huge responsibility to be President of @INCIndia & I wish @Kharge Ji all success in that task. It was a privilege to have received the support of over a thousand colleagues & to carry the hopes & aspirations of so many well-wishers of Congress across India,'' tweet Tharoor.

Mallikarjun Kharge wins the Congress presidential elections with 7897 votes, Shashi Tharoor got about 1000 votes; 416 votes were rejected, reports ANI.

Congress Presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor issues a statement congratulating Congress President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge, says, "I believe the revival of our party has truly begun today."

Congress Presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor issues a statement congratulating Congress President-elect Mallikarjun Kharge; says "I believe the revival of our party has truly begun today." pic.twitter.com/tNnqti8CIT

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

Mallikarjun Kharge wins the Congress presidential elections with 7897 votes, Shashi Tharoor got about 1000 votes. Kharge has won with 8 times more votes, says Congress leader Pramod Tiwari.

Mallikarjun Kharge set to be the new Congress president, he has received over 7000 votes; his rival Shashi Tharoor has garnered over 1000 votes, reports ANI.

BJP's media cell in-charge Amit Malviya claims Shashi Tharoor is whining like a sore loser and he will be ridiculed for taking on Gandhis.

Shashi Tharoor is whining like a sore loser. Did he actually expect elections in Congress to be free and fair? He should be grateful that he wasn’t locked up in bathroom…The worst is still to come. In the next few months he will be ridiculed and shamed for taking on the Gandhis.

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) October 19, 2022

''Why is only Congress' internal election being questioned? Why is nobody interested in elections in other parties, including the BJP and other regional parties,'' asks Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra press briefing.

Why is only Congress' internal election being questioned? Why is nobody interested in elections in other parties, including the BJP and other regional parties?

: Shri @RahulGandhi #BharatJodoYatra

— Congress (@INCIndia) October 19, 2022

It's a historic moment. We're proud that we held the poll in such a democratic manner. We also feel gratitude towards Sonia Gandhi who took charge of the party during a difficult time. In time to come, Congress will further strengthen, ays Gaurav Gogoi, counting agent of Mallikarjun Kharge.

“We've been in constant communication with Madhusudan Mistry's office, informed them about many different issues, cannot get into its specifics right now,” Salman Soz, election agent of Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor tells news agency ANI.

Election agent to Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor writes a letter to Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudhan Mistry, alleging "extremely serious irregularities in the conduct of election in UP" & demands "that all votes from UP be deemed invalid".

Election agent to Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor writes letter to Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudhan Mistry, alleging "extremely serious irregularities in conduct of election in UP" & demands "that all votes from UP be deemed invalid". pic.twitter.com/ZEAZVsJAVF

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

The counting process is currently underway at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.

Congress central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry has expressed satisfaction with the party's presidential polls process, saying it was "free, fair and transparent".
He has also said it was a secret ballot and no one would get to know who voted for whom.

Karti Chidambaram, Atul Chaturvedi and Sumedh Gaikwal are the counting agents of Tharoor.

The counting agents of Kharge are Pramod Tiwari, Kodikunil Suresh, Gaurav Gogoi, Syed Nasir Hussain, Kuljit Singh Bagra and Gurdeep Singh Sappal.
 

Counting for Congress presidential election held recently has begun at the party HQ in New Delhi.

Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry arrives at the party HQ in Delhi. Gaurav Gogoi, the counting agent of the party's presidential candidate Mallikarjun Kharge also arrives at the HQ.

Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry arrives at the party HQ in Delhi. Counting of votes for the party's presidential election will begin shortly

Gaurav Gogoi,counting agent of the party's presidential candidate Mallikarjun Kharge also arrives at the HQ pic.twitter.com/mYw7pLqOEK

— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2022

Counting for the recently concluded presidential contest will begin at 10 am and the results are expected to be announced between 3 PM to 4 PM.

The electoral contest was held between veteran Mallikarjun Kharge and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor.

More than 9,500 delegates cast their votes in the presidential election.

Elections to the post of Congress president were held on Monday, and 68 polling booths were set up across the country.