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Mallikarjun Kharge, Shashi Tharoor among three Congress president poll contestants

Digvijaya Singh opts out in favour of 80-year-old Kharge, whose name was proposed by party veterans, including Antony, Gehlot; Former Jharkhand Minister K. N. Tripathi is third candidate

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Congress President Election: Mallikarjun Kharge Likely To File Nomination For Congress Chief Post Today

The contest for the post will then be likely to be between Kharge, Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Three Ashok Gehlot loyalists get notice; no clarity on Congress president poll

With just three days left for filing of nominations, there is talk of a ‘Plan B’ among Gandhi family supporters; so far, only Shashi Tharoor and party treasurer Pawan Bansal have collected nomination forms

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Pawan Bansal got Congress presidential poll forms collected, may be for someone else: Madhusudan Mistry

Pawan Bansal, however, later said he was ‘not in the race for party president’s post’

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Tharoor faces a steep challenge in winning KPCC votes in AICC presidential polls

Gandhi family's favour eludes potential candidates

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Congress presidential poll: Shashi Tharoor exudes confidence, set to file nomination papers on Friday

Tharoor says he has the support of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

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Congress presidential poll | Shashi Tharoor exudes confidence, set to file nomination papers on Friday

Tharoor says he has the support of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

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A battle of opposites for Congress president's post

while Ashok Gehlot is a hardcore politician who is known to eat, sleep and breathe politics, Shashi Tharoor is a man of many parts — an author, politician, and a former international civil servant — straddling several worlds of experience

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Morning Digest | Congress Legislature Party to meet in Jaipur today; India on the side that respects U.N. charter, says EAM Jaishankar, and more

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Tharoor set to file papers this week

In the middle of electoral process, Sonia Gandhi meets Anand Sharma

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5 MPs want Shashi Tharoor to continue as IT panel chairman

It includes a BJP MP from Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

Congress president election | Shashi Tharoor set to file papers next week

In the middle of electoral process, Sonia Gandhi meets Anand Sharma

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Abhishek Manu Singhvi asks Congress leaders to refrain from commenting on AICC president candidates

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday urged party leaders to refrain from commenting on their colleagues applying for the post of AICC president and said "fair-minded democratic free speech values" that the party has championed must be maintained.

The Times of India

Congress president election is sham, alleges BJP

NEW DELHI: While the main opposition Congress party is gearing up for its presidential election, its main rival BJP has termed the exercise fake and sham.

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Gourav Vallabh slams Shashi Tharoor, backs Ashok Gehlot for AICC chief

Vallabh's remarks were in reference to the letter sent by a group of 23 leaders, including Mr. Tharoor, to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 seeking large-scale reforms in the party

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Congress to get new President on 19 October, know election schedule

If there are more than one nominations, the election will be held on 17 October. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Vizhinjam Protest: Shashi Tharoor urges Govt to not use force

Though the continued obstruction of access to the port site is problematic, he called on the government to resolve the problem through negotiation

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Ready to take up any responsibility that Congress gives me, says Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan CM says he will make one last-ditch effort to convince Rahul Gandhi to take up the Congress president's post

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Congress presidential polls: Shashi Tharoor meets Madhusudan Mistry, enquires about nomination formalities

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is preparing to contest the AICC president polls, met the party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday and enquired about nomination formalities.

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India’s reaction to the British queen’s death is a measure of its confidence as a republic

“Aao rani hum dhoyenge paalki, yehi rai huee hai Jawhaharlal ki.”

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5 reasons why Ashok Gehlot has edge over Shashi Tharoor in Congress president's election

NEW DELHI: Congress's Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor met party president Sonia Gandhi on September 19 and got the latter’s approval to contest the organisation's presidential election. With this development, it appears that the presidential poll would be contested between Tharoor and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, provided no one…

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After Gehlot covenes late-night meeting, Rajasthan Minister says State MLAs to reach Delhi if CM files nomination

Ashok Gehlot convened an informal late-night meeting of Rajasthan MLAs ahead of his Delhi visit

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KPCC hopes to avoid a Gehlot-Tharoor contest

It views such a contest as not advantageous for party’s cohesion in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls

The Times of India

Amid Congress chief poll buzz, KC Venugopal meets Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Amid buzz over the Congress president polls, the party's general secretary organisation KC Venugopal met AICC chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday.

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Morning Digest | Congress presidential polls may pit Gehlot against Tharoor; EC seeks limits for cash donations to parties, and more

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