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New Delhi, Oct 20: At the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, who defeated Shashi Tharoor in a landslide to win the Congress presidential election, will take over as the party’s leader on October 26.
A Congress Working Committee (CWC) date has not yet been decided. All CWC members, MPs, PCC presidents, CLP leaders, former CMs, former State presidents and other AICC office bearers are invited to the programme.
Newly elected President of INC Mallikarjun Kharge to take charge as the president on 26th October at AICC headquarters. All CWC members, MPs, PCC presidents, CLP leaders, former CMs, former State presidents & other AICC office bearers are invited to the programme.
— ANI (@ANI) October 20, 2022
With 7987 votes, Kharge was easily elected, while Tharoor received 1072 votes in his favour. On October 17, more than 9,000 Congress delegates from all around India cast ballots to elect their party’s leader.
A momentous day for the Congress party was marked by Kharge’s election as the next party leader since, after nearly 24 years, he will be the first non-Gandhi party leader.
“We have to fight the fascist forces. We have to fight the forces that pretend to be democratic but attack democracy,” Kharge said in the first address after his victory.
