New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be attending the event in which the newly-elected All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge will take charge.
“A large number of Bharat Yatris have gone home for Diwali beginning 10 a.m. today. Rahul Gandhi will be attending the AICC function for Khargeji on Oct 26th. #BharatJodoYatra will resume on Oct 27th from Mahbubnagar district in Telangana,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted.
A large number of Bharat Yatris have gone home for Diwali beginning 10am today. @RahulGandhi will be attending the AICC function for Khargeji on Oct 26th. #BharatJodoYatra will resume on Oct 27th from Mahbubnagar district in Telangana.
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 23, 2022
This will be the first time that Rahul Gandhi will leave Bharat Jodo Yatra since it began on September 8. The Yatra will take a “Diwali break” from October 24 to October 26, and resume on October 27.
“#BharatJodoYatra will be taking a break for Diwali on Oct 24th and 25th, and on Oct 26th for the presentation of the election certificate to Mallikarjun Kharge-ji. The Yatra will resume in Telangana in the early hours of Oct 27,” Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet on Thursday.
Kharge’s landslide victory against Tharoor
Kharge, who won the Congress presidential election in a landslide victory against Shashi Tharoor, received 7987 votes, while Tharoor managed to secure 1072 in his favour.
Over 9,000 Congress delegates across India voted to choose their party chief on October 17.
Kharge in his first address after the big win said, “I want to congratulate my partner Shashi Tharoor as well. I met him and discussed how to take the party forward. I want to thank Sonia Gandhi on behalf of all party workers. Under her leadership, we formed our government in the centre twice.”
Kharge is the first non-Gandhi to head the 137-year-old party in 24 years and succeed long-time chief Sonia Gandhi.
