Veteran chief Mallikarjun Kharge formally took over as Congress president on Wednesday after he was handed over the certificates of election to the highest put up at an occasion on the AICC headquarters in Delhi.
Kharge, the primary non-Gandhi to move the get together in 24 years, had defeated Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor in a direct contest for the president’s put up within the grand previous get together after the Gandhis opted out of the race.
Kharge was handed over the certificates of election because the Congress president by the get together’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry.
Mistry stated he hopes different events will draw a lesson from the Congress and maintain polls for get together presidency by secret poll.
Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former chief Rahul Gandhi and AICC basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been additionally current on the occasion which was attended by a number of high get together leaders.
Forward of his taking up, Kharge visited Rajghat and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi. He additionally visited the memorials of former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and former deputy prime minister Jagjivan Ram, and paid tributes to the leaders.