New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Mallikarjun Kharge, who gained the celebration presidential polls, modified his Twitter bio to “President: Indian Nationwide Congress” on Thursday.
This comes a day after he beat his opponent Shashi Tharoor by an enormous margin within the race to the celebration’s prime submit, thus changing into the primary non-Gandhi to take over the workplace after 24 years.
Kharge obtained 7,897 votes within the presidential contest whereas his opponent Tharoor obtained 1,072 votes within the voting held on October 17.
The brand new Congress president will take cost of the submit on October 26 on the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters.
All Congress Working Committee members, MPs, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, CLP leaders, former CMs, former State presidents and different AICC workplace bearers are invited to the programme.
The invitation has been despatched to all of the above stakeholders by the Normal Secretary organisation KC Venugopal.
Congress is predicted to resolve the Rajasthan Congress disaster quickly after Kharge assumes his place, added the sources.
Additionally, Kharge will go to poll-bound states like Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat quickly.
Quickly after his ballot victory yesterday, Kharge mentioned that the celebration has introduced an “instance of strengthening the nation’s democracy by conducting organisational elections” at a time when “democracy is at risk” within the nation.
Addressing the media after his victory, Kharge mentioned Congress has “constantly strengthened democracy” within the 75-year historical past of the nation and guarded the Structure.
“Now when democracy is at risk and Structure is being attacked, and each establishment is being damaged, Congress has introduced an instance of strengthening the nation’s democracy by conducting organisational elections on the nationwide stage. I thank everybody related with the election,” he mentioned.
He additionally congratulated Tharoor and mentioned that they mentioned strategies to take the celebration ahead. Tharoor had visited Kharge’s residence to congratulate him on his victory.
“I need to congratulate my companion Shashi Tharoor as properly. We have been contesting the election as representatives. He met me and we mentioned easy methods to take the celebration ahead,” Kharge mentioned.
Earlier yesterday, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence and congratulated him on being elected as the brand new celebration president.
Rahul Gandhi additionally prolonged needs to Kharge and mentioned that the submit he has been elected to “represents a democratic imaginative and prescient of India”. (ANI)
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