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AS THE submitting of nominations for the put up of Congress president started on Saturday, a consultant of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor collected the nomination papers from Madhusudan Mistry, the central election authority chairman.
The nomination started with a contest between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on the playing cards.
The nominations, in the meantime, shall be filed until September 30, 2022, and the brand new Congress chief shall be introduced on October 19, 2022.
In a request letter despatched for his candidature, Shashi Tharoor has requested 5 units of nomination papers for the election of Congress get together president.
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September 24, 2022
As per the information company ANI, in a request letter despatched for his candidature, Tharoor has requested 5 units of nomination papers for the election of Congress get together president.
Earlier, CM Gehlot clearly knowledgeable that there shall be no candidate from the Gandhi household this time. While talking to the information company ANI Gehlot stated, “I have requested him (Congress MP Rahul Gandhi) multiple times to accept everyone’s proposal of becoming the Congress President. He clarified that no one from the Gandhi family should become the next chief.”
“It’s decided that I’ll contest (for the post of Congress President). I’ll fix the date soon (to file his nomination). It’s a need for the Opposition to be strong, looking at the current position of the country,” he additional added.
This would be the first time in 25 years that Congress will see a non-Gandhi chief after Sonia Gandhi changed Sitaraman Kesri as get together chief in 1998. The final time the get together had a non-Gandhi chief was in 1997 when Sitaram Kesri defeated Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot.
Chairman of Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistri shall be accessible in Congress headquarters within the nationwide capital to take the nomination papers as returning officer of the election.
Earlier, after assembly Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, former CM of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda stated, “In our meeting today, we spoke about the party and how to strengthen it. She said that she has a neutral stand regarding the congress president election.”
As of now, Gehlot has made it clear publically that he’ll contest the elections, whereas one other identify that’s most definitely to give him a contest is Shashi Tharoor who can also be within the fray and had met Madhusudan Mistri. Reportedly, former union minister Manish Tewari can also be anticipated to contest the polls.
(With ANI inputs)
