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Debjit Mukherjee: The Congress party on Wednesday elected its first leader from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family in over two decades in the form of Mallikarjun Kharge by defeating diplomat-turned-politician Shashi Tharoor.
He won the Congress presidential elections with 7,897 votes, Shashi Tharoor got about 1000 votes; 416 votes were rejected. He will take charge on 26 October, announces party MP Randeep Surjewala
