Mallikarjun Kharge has been elected as the new Congress President. He won the seat with 7,897 votes, defeating Shashi Tharoor. Kharge will now take over as the Congress Party’s new President, succeeding Sonia Gandhi.
Tharoor took to Twitter shortly after the election results were announced to express his statement. He expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Kharge on his triumph in the statement. He also stated that he accepts the decision of the party delegates who voted in favour of Kharge with humility.
Tharoor also thanked former President Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for their contributions to free and fair elections.
”I look forward to working with Congress colleagues to face the challenges ahead. I believe the revival of our party has truly begun today,” stated the statement’s final phrase.
”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 said on Twitter.