New Delhi: Today is the last date for filing nominations for the post of Congress national president. No candidate has filed his nomination so far. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and Kerala Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor will file their papers today. Mukul Wasnik, Mallikarjun Kharge and Kumari Selja are also likely to file their nominations. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8.
Meanwhile, discussions have also started to field a separate candidate for the rebel group G-23 group of the Congress. Manish Tewari has already hinted at contesting elections. At the same time, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot excluded himself from this race after meeting Sonia. On the other hand, Kharge has met Sonia. The final decision on Mallikarjuna contesting for the post of president will be taken by Sonia Gandhi. Kharge is an 8-time MLA, two-time Lok Sabha MP and one-time Rajya Sabha member. He has lost the Lok Sabha elections only once, in 2019. Kharge is a Dalit leader. He has also been a former state president of Karnataka and a minister in the central government.
Let us know that the Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress being taken out under the leadership of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi will enter Karnataka from today. Meanwhile, there is talk that Mallikarjun Kharge, who comes from Karnataka, has also joined the race for the post of Congress President. He also met party interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday night. In such a situation, now the Gandhi family has got two loyal leaders for the post of president in Digvijay Singh and Kharge, although Shashi Tharoor is also in the race. But political pundits say that Shashi Tharoor will not become the remote-controlled president of the Gandhi family, so it is possible that the chair of the congress chief can go to either Digvijay or Kharge.
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