IN PHOTOS: Mallikarjun Kharge becomes new Congress chief; gets over 7,000 votes

Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge has won the elections held to elect the Congress party's president. More than 9,500 delegates cast their votes in the presidential election. Pic/PTI

Updated On: 2022-10-19 03:37 PM IST

Mallikarjun Kharge welcomed by his supporters. Pic/PTI

Karti Chidambaram, a counting agent for Tharoor, declared after the counting process was over that Kharge had won the polls and the Kerala MP had got 1,072 votes. Pic/PTI

Supporters celebrate after senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge won the party president's election, at the AICC headquarters, in New Delhi Pic/PTI

Supporters celebrate Kharge's win. He would be the first non-Gandhi president in 24 years Pic/PTI

Shashi Tharoor greets newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at the latter's residence, in New Delhi Pic/PTI

Newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge being greeted by supporters at his residence, in New Delhi Pic/PTI

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