HomeNewsPhotosPoliticsMallikarjun Kharge becomes first non-Gandhi Congress president in over 2 decades: All you need to know
Mallikarjun Kharge becomes first non-Gandhi Congress president in over 2 decades: All you need to know
Veteran Congress leader and a staunch Gandhi family loyalist, Mallikarjun Kharge has been elected as the new Congress President. Popularly known as ‘solillada Saradara’ (a leader without defeat), he has won elections for a record 11 consecutive times.
Veteran Congress leader and a staunch Gandhi family loyalist, Mallikarjun Kharge has been elected as the new Congress President. Kharge is the first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years.
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Popularly known as ‘solillada Saradara’ (a leader without defeat), he has won elections for a record 11 consecutive times.
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Kharge was a former president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress, eighth-time MLA, two-time Lok Sabha MP and a Rajya Sabha MP.
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He received 7,897 of the total 9,385 votes, and his opponent, Shashi Tharoor, trailed behind with 1,072 votes.
Kharge started his political career as a student union leader in Government College, Gulbarga when he was elected as the General Secretary of the students’ body.
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He joined the Indian National Congress in 1969 and became President of the Gulbarga City Congress Committee.
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Kharge said he will focus on strengthening the party machinery.
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He said under his presidency workers will have a say in key appointments.
