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INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

BEYOND

THE GANDHIS?

With the Gandhis – Sonia and Rahul -- not running for the top post,

the grand old party is all set to get a non-Gandhi president after more than 25 years.

Who is likely to lead the oldest political party in India at this crucial time?

OUR BUREAU
New Delhi
fter a few days of intense dra-
ma, Congress Central Elec-
Ation Authority chairman Mad-
husudan Mistry on Friday said that
a total of 20 nomination forms have
been received, adding that the Gand-
hi family is not supporting any candi-
date for the party’s president post.
With the Gandhis – Sonia, Rahul
and Priyanka -- not running for the
top post this time around, the grand
old party is all set to get a non-Gand-
hi president after over 25 years.

This comes after Mallikarjun
Kharge, who is a known Gandhi
family loyalist, entered into the
fray at the eleventh hour. While

several top leaders including
from the G-23 faction flanked
Kharge when he filed the nom-
ination papers today. Mistry

added that 14 nominations Far from the election campaign in New Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been leading his party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
in the southern part of the country (ANI)
were received by Mallikarjun
But Kharge has received support
Kharge, five by Shashi Tharoor candidates,” said Mistry at the press has her blessings and it is incorrect: from nearly 30 Congress leaders for
briefing.
Madhusudan Mistry
and one by Jharkhand Congress He further said that the Gandhi He also added that candidates the party’s presidential polls. These
leader KN Tripathi. family has not endorsed any candi- are in the fray of their own volition names include Deepender Hooda,
date for the presidential polls. “None and Gandhis are neutral in this con- Salman Khurshid, Ashok Gehlot,
of these three is an official candidate test and are not supporting anyone. Digvijaya Singh, Manish Tewari,
“14 forms submitted by (Mal-
Earlier, senior Congress leader
likarjun) Kharge, 5 by Shashi Tharo- of the party. They are contesting on and MP, Shashi Tharoor on Friday Prithviraj Chavan, and among others.
their own. The Gandhi family has not
Meanwhile, Jharkhand Con-
or and one by KN Tripathi. Tomor- endorsed anyone’s nomination. Con- filed his nomination for the post gress leader KN Tripathi also filed his
row, we will scrutinize forms and gress president has made it very clear of party President at the office of nomination for the party’s topmost
tomorrow evening we will announce that she will stay neutral throughout the All-India Congress Committee position and said that “the decision
forms that are valid and the names of
the process and if someone claims he (AICC) in the national capital. Continued at next page... >>

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