The party’s high-stakes presidential elections were won by Congress politician Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday, making him the party’s first non-Gandhi president in more than 20 years.
416 votes were rejected while Kharge received 7,897 votes, Tharoor received roughly 1,000 votes.
“It is a great honour & a huge responsibility to be President of @INCIndia &I wish @Kharge ji all success in that task. It was a privilege to have received the support of over a thousand colleagues,& to carry the hopes& aspirations of so many well-wishers of Congress across India,” Tharoor tweeted.
At the end of the party’s organisational elections, more than 9,500 delegates cast their ballots for president.
After Diwali, in a ceremony at the Congress headquarters with the participation of prominent officials, the newly elected president will take post, officially, according to sources.
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