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Tharoor qualified to contest for Congress prez poll: KPCC chief Sudhakaran

Congress is a democratic party and its Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor is qualified to contest for the party's presidential election, KPCC chief K Sudhakaran said on Wednesday. Sudhakaran said if Tharoor wishes to contest the polls there is no need to blame him as the Congress is a democratic party and its members have the right to contest for the top party post. "What is there to wonder about? Is he not an eligible candidate? All the members of the Indian National Congress have the right to contest as it is a democratic party. If I wish to contest, I could also do that. The party will accept it. If I get the votes, I will win", Sudhakaran told reporters here, responding to a query. He said the Congress has the strength to address such issues through the democratic process. Amid the speculation over his possible candidature, Tharoor on Tuesday had said he would decide whether to throw his hat in the ring only after the election notification came out. At the same time, Tharoor has

Congress prez poll: When Jitendra Prasada challenged Sonia Gandhi and lost

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is contemplating the possibility of running for the post of the party president, the elections for which are due to be held on October 17

Anand Sharma raises questions on electoral rolls in CWC; Congress denies

Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently quit the Congress, had said that the election process is a sham

CWC to meet today to approve schedule for election of Congress president

Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon to discuss and approve the final schedule for the election of Congress president

LIVE update: After Azad, senior leader RS Chib quits Congress party

Live news updates: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all party positions, including its primary membership, delivering another blow to the embattled party

Congress to announce poll schedule for party president's post on August 28

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has emerged as the top choice for the Congress president's post

Pallikal-Ghosal bag mixed doubles bronze medal in squash at CWG

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal won the bronze medal in the squash event of the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday.

CWG: Indian athletes to stay at 5 'villages', cricketers' stay separate

The CWG bound Indian athletes and officials will be staying at five different "Villages" with women's cricket team being put up in a separate facility in the Birmingham city centre.

'No magic wand': Cong's Chintan Shivir to focus on party revival

The Shivir will conduct deliberations across six different groups that will take up political, economic, social justice, farmers, youth, and organisational issues

Gandhi family should step aside from leadership role: Kapil Sibal

Days after the Congress working committee meeting, party's senior leader Kapil Sibal urged that the 'Gandhis should step aside from leadership role and give a chance to someone else to lead the party'

Sonia Gandhi says 'ready to make any sacrifice', CWC reposes faith in her

The Congress Working Committee, during its nearly five-hour meeting, reposed full faith in her leadership, urging her to effect immediate corrective changes to strengthen the party

Chorus for Rahul Gandhi as Congress president grows louder as CWC meets

The chorus for making Rahul Gandhi Congress president again grew louder on Sunday as several leaders and workers voiced support for him to take on the mantle of party chief. Ahead of a crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said no one was taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Gandhi does and was fighting resolutely. "The prime minister has to start his speech after targeting Rahul Gandhi, you can understand what this means," Gehlot said. He accused the BJP of winning the recent round of assembly polls by indulging in polarisation. However, he accepted that the Congress lost in Punjab due to infighting. Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar also backed the idea to make Gandhi the party chief. "As I have said it earlier as well, Sh. Rahul Gandhi should take up the Congress presidency in a full time role immediately. This is the wish of millions of Congress workers like me," he tweeted. Congress workers from around Delhi, w

Live news: 35 die in Russia air strike on Ukraine military base near Poland

Live news updates: Troops launch missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border.

Congress Working Committee to meet on Sunday at 4 pm after election debacle

The meeting comes in the wake of the G-23 leaders putting pressure on the party to advance the internal polls

G-23 seeks speedy election of new Cong President, summoning of AICC session

As per sources, the leaders sought accountability for the poll debacle be fixed and changes be made in the composition of the Congress Working Committee

Family first

CWC meet offers no solutions for Congress decay

Ashok Gehlot meets Congress leader Ambika Soni ahead of CWC meet

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who has arrived here to take part in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday has met senior party leader Ambika Soni.

CWC meet to be held on Oct 16, much-awaited organisational polls on agenda

The G-23 leaders have demanded elections for CWC members, Central Election Committee members, and Parliamentary Board Elections

Congress may hold CWC by month-end to discuss internal issues: Sources

The Congress Working Committee is likely to meet by the end of the month amid demands by several leaders including those from the G-23 dissident group to hold internal deliberations

Azad writes to Sonia, seeks CWC meeting to discuss party affairs

Azad, along with 22 other leaders, had last year written to Congress president demanding organisational overhaul and elections to all party posts