Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge changed his Twitter bio on Thursday, a day after he was elected the first non-Gandhi president of the party in 24 years. “President: Indian National Congress”, read the new bio of the veteran leader who beat Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor in the historic poll.
Kharge, who succeeds long-time chief Sonia Gandhi, will take over his new assignment at a function at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters on October 26.
"Function for the presentation of the certificate of election to the newly elected Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge will be held on Wednesday the 26th October 2022, at 10.30 am at AICC Headquarters, 24 Akbar Road, New Delhi," AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal said on Twitter.
Among those invited for the event include CWC members, PCC presidents, CLP leaders and leaders of Congress legislative councils, besides all AICC office bearers and heads of frontal organisations and various departments and cells.
Besides, former chief ministers and former union ministers and all Members of Parliament, ministers in state governments and former PCC presidents and CLP leaders in all states have also been invited for the taking over, apart from state PCC working presidents.
The 80-year-old leader bagged 7,897 votes while the Thiruvananthapuram MP managed to secure 1,072 votes.
