Mallikarjun Kharge is new Congress President
Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor have both maintained that the Gandhis are neutral about the election.
The first non-Gandhi chief of the Congress in more than 20 years will be named soon, two days after the party’s internal election. Mr Kharge, seen as a favourite, is facing Shashi Tharoor.
Earlier, on the eve of the results, Tharoor wrote to the party’s chief election authority, flagging “extremely serious irregularities” in the conduct of the election in Uttar Pradesh and demanded that all votes from the state be deemed invalid.
On being asked to respond to Tharoor’s allegations, Gandhi said, “We’re the only political party in the country that holds polls & has an election commission. I’ve worked with Mistry Ji (Cong CEC chairman), and he’s straightforward. Issues will be addressed to EC, who’ll take a decision.”
