Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
proflie-avatar
Login
exit_to_app
Democracy that banks on the electorate
access_time 28 March 2024 5:34 AM GMT
Lessons to learn from Moscow terror attack
access_time 27 March 2024 6:10 AM GMT
Gaza
access_time 26 March 2024 4:34 AM GMT
The poison is not in words, but inside
access_time 25 March 2024 5:42 AM GMT
A witchhunt, plain and simple
access_time 23 March 2024 9:35 AM GMT
DEEP READ
Schools breeding hatred
access_time 14 Sep 2023 10:37 AM GMT
Ukraine
access_time 16 Aug 2023 5:46 AM GMT
Ramadan: Its essence and lessons
access_time 13 March 2024 9:24 AM GMT
When ‘Jai Sree Ram’ becomes a death call
access_time 15 Feb 2024 9:54 AM GMT
exit_to_app
Homechevron_rightIndiachevron_rightMallikarjun Kharge to...

Mallikarjun Kharge to take charge as Congress President tomorrow

text_fields
bookmark_border
Mallikarjun Kharge to take charge as Congress President tomorrow
cancel
camera_alt

The new president of Indian National Congress, Mallikarjun Kharge (file photo)

New Delhi: The Congress headquarters are preparing for tomorrow's ceremony at which Mallikarjun Kharge will formally take charge as the president. Sonia Gandhi will hand over the position to the senior leader from Karnataka.

The 80-year-old is the first non-Gandhi to lead the outfit in 24 years.

Security personnel and workers made last-minute arrangements on the AICC headquarters lawns. A tent was being put up and in the Congress president's office room. Chairman of the central election authority of the Congress Madhusudan Mistry will formally hand over the election certificate to Kharge.

Kharge defeated Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor in a direct contest. He is taking charge at a time when the party is struggling against BJP coming to power in many former Congress-rules states.

The newly elected Congress President has served as the leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, and later leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha. His first challenge as the leader of the party will be to bring it back to power in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. Both states are seeing elections in a few weeks.

In 2023, Kharge will be leading Congress in nine assembly elections including in Karnataka. He served as MLA in his home state for nine terms. He started his career as chief of the Gulbarga city council and went on to serve as a state minister and a Lok Sabha MP from Gulbharge.

Show Full Article
TAGS:CongressCongress presidentMallikarjun KhargeKharge
Next Story