21 Sept 2022: India’s main opposition party Congress is going to be elected for the post of president on October 17.
The main contest in this election could be between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlaut vs Kerala’s Thiru Ananthapuram MP and former minister Shashi Tharoor. These two have so far announced to compete publicly. News from Indian Times.
A source close to Ashok Gehlaut said on Monday evening that he will come to Delhi on September 25. The president will submit nomination papers for contesting the election on September 26.
A three-time chief minister of Marurajya, 71-year-old Ashok is one of the senior Congress leaders. He has been in Congress politics since his student days.
On the other hand, Shashi Tharoor, who works as the Under Secretary of the United Nations, is 66 years old, but he has been active in politics for less than a decade and a half.
On Monday, Tharoor met Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi along with former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Hooda’s son Dipendra and Delhi Congress leader Jaiprakash Agarwal.
According to a Congress source, Tharoor sought Sonia’s permission to contest the presidential election. Sonia gave him the ‘green signal’. The Congress leader said that there will be voting for the post of president. No candidate is fixed.
Incidentally, in August 2020, 23 fresh and senior leaders had sent a letter to Interim President Sonia, highlighting the ‘lack of good leadership and organizational problems’ within the Congress.
He demanded the election of a permanent president in the party. They also raised questions about the working methods of the ‘High Command’. Tharoor and Bhupendra are among the ‘Rebel 23’ (now known as Group-23 or G-23) within the party.
Some of the G-23 leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Jitin Prasad have already left the party. There is an uproar within the Congress.
Congress will vote on October 17 to elect a new president. Counting of votes on October 19. The election notification will be published on September 22.
Nominations can be submitted between 24-30 September. The last day for withdrawal of nomination is October 8. If no one is unanimously nominated as President, or if there is not more than one candidate, no election shall be necessary.
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