Counting of votes began today in the Congress presidential polls in which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of AICC chief.
Congress presidential election results: Congress will get a new president, who will also be its first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years, as the counting of votes for the electoral contest held between veteran Mallikarjun Kharge and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor will begin at 10 am on Wednesday.
Mallikarjun Kharge was on Wednesday declared elected as the new Congress President, succeeding Sonia Gandhi who has led the grand old party for more than two decades the longest tenure held by anyone in that position.