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Kharge: A Gandhi family loyalist, succeeds the Gandhis to become Cong President
Bangalore: Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge, a staunch Gandhi family loyalist from Karnataka, has become the Congress’ first non-Gandhi president in 24 years. The 80-year-old leader succeeds Sonia Gandhi at the grand old party’s…
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Congress Presidential poll: Over 93% polling in Goa
Panaji: Goa recorded 93.54 percent voter turnout in the election on Monday for the post of Congress President, where senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are in the fray. The…
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After losing UN Secy general race in 2006, Tharoor faces opposition from Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: If in 2006, Shashi Tharoor suffered a jolt when the US vetoed his candidature to the UN Secretary general post, 16 years later his political fate in India will be decided…
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Congress president elections: Party to elect non-Gandhi leader today
New Delhi: At least 9,200 Congress Party delegates are all set to elect their ideal candidate among the two parliamentarians- Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge- today for the congress party top post.…
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Embrace change, show courage: Shashi Tharoor in final appeal to Cong electors
New Delhi: Calling on electors to show courage to “embrace change”, Congress’ presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday asserted that in the change he envisions, the party’s “values and loyalties” will…
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Tharoor’s ‘netagiri’ jibe at Kharge camp on eve of Cong president polls
Lucknow: Congress presidential poll candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a veiled dig at the Kharge camp saying some colleagues were “indulging in ‘netagiri’ and telling party workers” that they know whom…
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Kharge vs Tharoor on Monday as Cong set for non-Gandhi prez after 24 years
New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face-off in an electoral contest on Monday for the post of AICC chief, as the party gets set to have a…
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Congress prez poll: ‘No animosity with Kharge’, says Tharoor
Guwahati: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor who is contesting for the post of party president election which is scheduled to be held on October 17, on Saturday said there was no animosity with…
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Internal elections strengthen a party: Shashi Tharoor
Ahmedabad: Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that he strongly believes that internal elections within the party makes the party strong, and that a strong Congress will make the country…
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Contest with Tharoor is for betterment of country, Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge
Srinagar: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said his contest with Shashi Tharoor for the post of party president was aimed at putting forth their viewpoints for the betterment of the country…