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Building consensus: Mallikarjun Kharge's one year as Congress chief

Though Kharge's tenure has seen Congress victories in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, the real test would be the 2024 Lok Sabha battle against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP

Mallikarjun Kharge (Photo: PTI)
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Mallikarjun Kharge (Photo: PTI)

Archis Mohan New Delhi

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On Thursday evening, Congress leader Sachin Pilot addressed a press conference at the Congress headquarters in the national capital, criticising the Enforcement Directorate summons to Vaibhav Gehlot, the son of his political rival in his home state, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Party insiders pointed out that such an event of Pilot publicly expressing solidarity with Gehlot and his family would have been unimaginable a year back, giving the credit for the transformation to Mallikarjun Kharge’s presidency, the hallmark of which has been to broker peace among the party’s warring factions and by being accessible and building a consensus.

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