Shashi Tharoor collects nomination kind, first to formally enter race for Congress chief
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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Saturday acquired the nomination kind for the AICC presidential ballot collected from the occasion headquarters right here with sources saying he’s prone to file his papers on September 30.
Tharoor’s shut aide Aalim Javeri collected the kinds from the workplace of the occasion’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on the primary day of the beginning of the nomination course of, all however confirming an electoral face-off for the highest occasion publish with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
The nomination kind is prone to be filed by Tharoor on the final day of the nomination course of on September 30 as the thought is to gather nomination-endorsing signatures from throughout the nation, sources informed PTI.
A complete of 10 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates are wanted to endorse a candidate.
After over twenty years, the Congress is about to see a contest for the publish of occasion chief with Gehlot, who has introduced his candidature, anticipated to tackle Tharoor.
Tharoor on Monday had met Sonia Gandhi and expressed his intention to contest the ballot.
The Congress president conveyed she would keep “neutral” within the elections, in accordance with sources.
Sonia Gandhi had welcomed the thought of extra folks contesting the ballot and dispelled the notion that there can be an “official candidate”.
According to a notification issued by the occasion on Thursday, the method for submitting nominations for the election will likely be held from September 24 to 30.
The date for a scrutiny of the nomination papers is October 1, whereas the final date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8.
The ultimate checklist of candidates will likely be revealed at 5 pm on October 8.
The polling, if wanted, will likely be held on October 17.
The counting of votes will likely be taken up on October 19 and the outcomes will likely be declared the identical day.
More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.
The Congress final noticed a contest for the occasion president’s publish in November 2000.
Jitendra Prasada had misplaced to Sonia Gandhi in 2000 and previous to that, Sitaram Kesri had defeated Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot in 1997.
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Saturday acquired the nomination kind for the AICC presidential ballot collected from the occasion headquarters right here with sources saying he’s prone to file his papers on September 30.
Tharoor’s shut aide Aalim Javeri collected the kinds from the workplace of the occasion’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on the primary day of the beginning of the nomination course of, all however confirming an electoral face-off for the highest occasion publish with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
The nomination kind is prone to be filed by Tharoor on the final day of the nomination course of on September 30 as the thought is to gather nomination-endorsing signatures from throughout the nation, sources informed PTI.
A complete of 10 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates are wanted to endorse a candidate.
After over twenty years, the Congress is about to see a contest for the publish of occasion chief with Gehlot, who has introduced his candidature, anticipated to tackle Tharoor.
Tharoor on Monday had met Sonia Gandhi and expressed his intention to contest the ballot.
The Congress president conveyed she would keep “neutral” within the elections, in accordance with sources.
Sonia Gandhi had welcomed the thought of extra folks contesting the ballot and dispelled the notion that there can be an “official candidate”.
According to a notification issued by the occasion on Thursday, the method for submitting nominations for the election will likely be held from September 24 to 30.
The date for a scrutiny of the nomination papers is October 1, whereas the final date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8.
The ultimate checklist of candidates will likely be revealed at 5 pm on October 8.
The polling, if wanted, will likely be held on October 17.
The counting of votes will likely be taken up on October 19 and the outcomes will likely be declared the identical day.
More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.
The Congress final noticed a contest for the occasion president’s publish in November 2000.
Jitendra Prasada had misplaced to Sonia Gandhi in 2000 and previous to that, Sitaram Kesri had defeated Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot in 1997.
