Earlier, each Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot said that they’ve dropped out of the race.
Earlier, each Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot said that they’ve dropped out of the race.
Senior Congress chief and MP Shashi Tharoor on September 30, 2022 filed his nomination for the put up of social gathering president on the workplace of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi.
Ahead of submitting his nomination, Mr. Tharoor visited Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
Meanwhile, Mr. Tharoor can be addressing press convention at his residence. “I have already submitted five nomination forms with signatures of 10 delegates each. And in the process of submitting a sixth form” Among Kerala MPs solely MK Raghavan has signed on his nomination type.
Asked about Mr Sharma, Mr Chavan and Mr Digvijaya Singh being in Mr Kharge’s nomination, Mr. Tharoor says, ”This tells you a narrative”. He provides that if the delegates need standing quoist, then they have to vote for Mr Kharge and in the event that they wish to vote for reforms, they have to vote for me.
Mr Tharoor stated he’ll go by the peace of mind of neutrality given by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge stated he’s additionally throwing his hat into the ring. “I am going to file my nomination (for Congress president post)”, Mr. Kharge advised media individuals as he left for the AICC headquarters.
Mr. Kharge filed his nomination within the presence of Ashok Gehlot, Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan amongst others
Mr Sharma and Mr Chavan are members of the ginger group or G-23 that has written to Sonia Gandhi for inner reforms. Mr Tharoor was additionally signatory to the 2020 letter.
Among the proposers for Mr Kharge contains G-23 leaders like Manish Tewari, Prithviraj Chavan and Anand Sharma. Other senior leaders who’re proposers A Ok Antony Ashok Gehlot, Ambika Soni, Ajay Maken and Salman Khurshid amongst others.
After submitting the nomination, Mr. Kharge stated “I thank senior leaders from all states for supporting me in the Congress presidential election.”
The Congress chief said “I appeal to all delegates to vote for me in the Congress presidential election.”
Mr. Kharge stated “I am fighting for big change.”
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Congress chief Ok.N. Tripathi additionally filed his nomination for the social gathering’s topmost place and stated that “the decision of party leaders is respected”. “I belong to a farmer’s family. The country is seeing that son of a farmer who has experience of serving with the Indian Air Force, minister in state government and elected as deputy leader of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, can also contest for the post of AICC president,” Mr. Tripathi had stated earlier than submitting his nominations in the present day.
Earlier, each Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot said that they’ve dropped out of the race.
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister visited Mr. Kharge at his residence this morning. “I told him that I stand by him and can’t even think of contesting against him, I will be his proposer,” Mr. Singh advised reporters.
Congress MP Deepender S Hooda additionally stated: “I welcome Mallikarjun Kharge’s nomination for Congress president post and am confident that he will get elected. Over the years, he has raised the voice of the people in Parliament. I’ve signed his nomination papers as a proposer.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Gehlot had on Thursday stated he’s pulling out of the competition after he met with Sonia Gandhi and apologised to her for the ruckus in Rajasthan triggered by his loyalists over a potential management change within the state after Gehlot was set to file his nomination papers for the Congress chief polls.
Nominations for the put up of Congress president shut at 3 pm and outcomes can be declared on October 19. With the Gandhis not operating for the highest put up this time round, the grand previous social gathering is all set to get a non-Gandhi president after over 25 years..
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
