New Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge has become the new National President of Congress. He is going to assume office on 26 October. It is reported that former party president Rahul Gandhi is also going to reach Delhi on this occasion. The special thing is that if this happens, then this will be the second time after the start of the 'Bharat Jodo' Yatra when he is going to Delhi in the middle of the padyatra. Earlier, when the radical Islamist organization Popular Front of India (PFI) had announced a Kerala bandh, Rahul Gandhi, who was taking out a yatra in Kerala itself, had come to Delhi saying rest. 

Media reports quoted sources as saying that Rahul will also attend the program to be held at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters on October 26. During that time Kharge will take over as the party chief. At present, this responsibility is being performed by Sonia Gandhi. Earlier, Rahul was the party president, but he left the post after a crushing defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Congress leaders and workers started the yatra under the leadership of Rahul on 7 September. During this, the pedestrians will cover the distance from Kanyakumari to Jammu and Kashmir. According to the itinerary, the party will cover a distance of 3 thousand 570 km in 150 days through 12 states.

According to the results of the Congress President's election released on Wednesday afternoon, Kharge got 7 thousand 897 votes. Whereas, his opponent and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Shashi Tharoor had 1 thousand 72 votes in his account. In the program of the party, invitations have been sent to all the members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), MPs, the President of the State Congress Committee, Leaders of Legislature Parties, Former CM, Former State President and other AICC office bearers.

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