Congress party has chosen a president who is not from the Gandhi family. By almost 7,000 votes, Mallikarjun Kharge, who is 80, beats Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor has worked as a diplomat for the UN for 20 years.

Karnataka, which is located in southern India, is Kharge’s home state. He is from the Dalit caste. Political experts think that this could be the start of something new.

Key facts!

• Some experts in politics think that the Gandhi family chose the candidates to make the Congress party look less like it was run by a family.
• Sonia Gandhi was the Congress president until her son Rahul took over for a short time in 2017.
• In 2019, Rahul stepped down as president after losing an election for a seat in parliament.
• Then, for a short time, his mother led the party.
• Even though a lot of important people had left the party, Rahul seemed to still be president.
• Experts say that Kharge needs to intellectually take on the BJP and get party members and voters excited.
• In addition to coming up with an idea that can help them win.
• So far, there have been many different reactions to Kharge’s election.
• People who wanted a young, charismatic leader don’t seem to be happy with Kharge’s choice.
• Before the election, not many Indians knew his name or could tell you what he looked like.
• Rahul Gandhi is in charge of a protest march that will go through cities and small towns all over India over the next five months.
• Kharge also has to find a way to bring together a party that seems divided.

Here’s a short interview with Late Indira Gandhi.

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