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This time there is a risk of an electoral contest between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor, though the risk of another candidates coming into the fray can not be dominated out. This time greater than 9000 delegates (members of the electoral faculty) will vote when the elections are held. Congress says that it’s the solely celebration in the nation whose president is elected democratically.
Referring to the significance of this time’s election, celebration common secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “I am in K.K. I am a person who believes in the views of Kamaraj that the election should be by consensus, but if consensus is not reached, then the election becomes necessary. Congress is the only party where elections are held in a democratic and transparent manner.
“At current Gehlot ji has introduced that he will contest the elections and Tharoor has indicated that he will contest. In such a state of affairs, there is a risk that the election will be held on October 17.” .
The pre-independence election of the Congress President in 1939 is remembered in the sense that Pattabhi Sitaramayya, the Mahatma Gandhi-backed candidate, had to face defeat in opposition to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. In this election, Bose obtained 1,580 votes, whereas Sitaramayya obtained 1,377 votes.
However, after independence, the first election for the publish of Congress President was held in 1950. (*75*) was an election contest between Acharya Kriplani and Purushottam Das Tandon. Tandon emerged victorious in this. Tandon obtained 1,306 votes whereas Kripalani obtained 1,092 votes. Later, Tandon resigned due to variations with the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Then Nehru took over the reins of the celebration.
He served as celebration chief and prime minister between 1951 and 1955. Nehru left the publish of Congress President in 1955 and UN Dhebar grew to become Congress President.
After 1950, there was no electoral contest for the publish of Congress President for 47 years. In 1997, for the first time, a triangular electoral contest was held. Sitaram Kesari, Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot contested the election and Kesari grew to become the winner. Kesari obtained 6,224 votes, Pawar obtained 882 and Pilot obtained 354 votes. Only a yr after this election, the Congress Working Committee had handed a decision and eliminated Kesari and it was a really mentioned and controversial difficulty.
In impartial India, the election for the publish of Congress President was held for the third time in the yr 2000 when the veteran (*24*) chief of Uttar Pradesh Jitendra Prasad stood in entrance of Sonia Gandhi. Prasad, who was as soon as the political secretary of Rajiv Gandhi, had to face a crushing defeat in this election and he obtained solely 94 votes. Sonia obtained the help of seven,400 delegates.
After independence, the celebration has been commanded by 16 folks to date, in which there have been 5 heads of the Gandhi household. The present President of Congress is Sonia Gandhi and she or he is the longest-serving girl chief in the historical past of Congress.
In impartial India, members of the Gandhi household have been Congress presidents for practically 4 many years. Nehru served as the celebration chief between 1951 and 1955. Nehru left the publish of Congress President in 1955 and UN Dhebar took over the reins of the celebration. After this Indira Gandhi was the Congress President from 1959, 1966-67, 1978-1984. Later the Congress additionally break up on a number of events, though the main a part of the celebration remained with the Gandhi household. Of. Kamaraj was the president from 1964-67. S Nijalingappa was the Congress President in 1968-69.
After this Jagjivan Ram grew to become the Congress President in 1970-71. Then Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma was the Congress President from 1972-74. Devkant Barua grew to become the Congress President in 1975-77. From 1985 to 1991 after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, her son Rajiv Gandhi was the Congress President. During this, he was additionally the Prime Minister for 5 years. Between 1992-96, P.V. Narasimha Rao was the Congress President.
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