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On October 19, Wednesday, Mallikarjun Kharge, former Union Minister became the 36th Presiedent of the Indian National Congress, after defeating Shashi Tharoor. This is the first time in 24 years that the grand old party has a non Nehru- Gandhi leader at the top.
Kharge got 7,897 votes while Tharoor got 1072 out of the total 9385 votes cast. Tharoor took to Twitter to wish Karge on his election as the party president.
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