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In India, Congress elected its new president on Monday, who will be responsible for leading the battle for the 2024 general election for the post of Prime Minister. To confront the BJP and renew itself, Congress pitted two candidates against each other who were not from the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, which was discredited to some of the population.
With our correspondent in Bangalore, Como Bastin
Since 1998, Sonia Gandhi has chaired the Congress and led it twice to head of state. But the election of Narendra Modi in 2014 triggered a decline in his popularity. Moreover, his son Rahul Gandhi, failed to beat Narendra Modi in 2019.
Son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi, slain Prime Minister, grandson of Indira Gandhi, also assassinated Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi is considered by some Indians to be the heir. He decided not to run.
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Congress, which has suffered electoral defeat, therefore chose a new leader on Monday, its first in 22 years. Around 9,000 party members were called to decide Shashi Tharoorwell-known MP from Kerala, and Mallikarjun Kharge, former opposition leader in the upper house of India’s parliament.
The winner will have a lot to do. Legislative elections are drawing near in several key states such as Gujarat and Karnataka. Above all, elections for the post of Prime Minister are scheduled for 2024.
The new leader must also assemble internally. Many Congressional lawmakers have joined the ruling BJP party. In 2020, 23 party figures formed a splinter group calling for a change in strategy.
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