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Shashi Tharoor shared this photo on social media.
- Candidates will be able to withdraw nomination on October 8
- Voting will be held on October 17 if there are more than 1 contenders
- Congress party will get new president on October 19
Today is the last day for the candidates to file their nominations to become the Congress President. After meeting Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, Gehlot said that he would not contest the presidential election, while Digvijay took the nomination form, which he will submit on Friday.
On the other hand, the leaders of G-23 held a meeting late in the evening. From this meeting, it is being speculated that any leader of the group can also submit a claim for the post of president.
G-23 leaders found at Anand Sharma’s house
On Thursday night, a meeting of the G-23 faction of the Congress party was held at the house of Congress leader Anand Sharma in Delhi. Many big leaders of Congress G-23 camp including Manish Tewari, Prithviraj Chavan, BS Hooda were present in the meeting. After the meeting, Anand Sharma reached Jodhpur House in Delhi to meet Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.
The names of these candidates are also in discussion.
Digvijay Singh and Shashi Tharoor were among the contenders for the post of Congress President after Ashok Gehlot’s name was dropped. But after the G-23 meeting held on Thursday, the possibility of a third candidate coming has increased. According to media reports, Mallikarjun Kharge can also file nomination after meeting Sonia Gandhi on Friday morning. Apart from Kharge, the names of Meira Kumar, Mukul Wasnik and Kumari Selja are also in the news.