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After PV Narasimha Rao & Sitaram Kesari, will it be Mallikarjun Kharge or Sushil Kumar Shinde?

TNN
July 4, 2019

New Delhi, Jul 4: The formal stepping down of Rahul Gandhi as Congress president will create a rare situation where the party will go for a non-Gandhi as the chief, the last being election of PV Narasimha Rao and then of Sitaram Kesari after Rajiv Gandhi. Senior Congress leaders started holding meetings on Wednesday to decide the future course.

Veteran Mallikarjun Kharge is seen as a strong possibility to take over the reins of Congress from Rahul. A Dalit and party loyalist, Kharge was the Congress leader in last Lok Sabha though he lost his poll from his stronghold of Gulbarga in Karnatakain 2019.

Another Dalit leader Sushil Kumar Shinde is also a close claimant, sources said.

Ever since it became clear that Rahul was adamant on stepping down, names of senior Congress leaders have done the rounds as possible replacements. Jyotiraditya Scindia is a name from the young generation.

According to procedure, the CWC will nominate an “interim president” and the president would be elected through nationwide voting which will take some time.

Within Congress, there is a strong voice that the next chief should go through the election process to have the legitimacy required to command respect among the cadres.

A senior leader pointed out that even Sonia Gandhi fought an election against a party veteran during a difficult phase in Congress history to emerge as undisputed leader. She even faced a rebellion and oversaw a split.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The heath condition of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa who had tested positive for Covid-19 continues to be stable and he is currently asymptomatic, hospital source said.

Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah who too has tested positive for Covid-19, is suffering from high fever and is currently receiving treatment. He has been admitted at the Manipal hospital in Bengaluru.

"I request all those who had come in contact with me to check out for symptoms and to quarantine themselves," Siddaramaiah had said in a tweet.

Yediyurappa, is in the same hospital for treatment along with his daughter B Y Padmavati, who too tested positive for the virus on Monday.

Yediyurappa on Sunday night (2 August) had tweeted that, "I have tested positive for coronavirus. Whilst I am fine, I am being hospitalised as a precaution on the recommendation of doctors. I request those who have come in contact with me recently to be observant and exercise self quarantine.”

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April 23,2020

Newsroom, Apr 23: During the ongoing lockdown in India so as to break the chain of Coronavirus infection, Islamic scholars across India are appealing Muslims to stay indoors and observe fasting with steadfastedness in the blessed month of Ramadan.

They have urged the people to offer taraveeh and other Namaz at homes, do iftar at home and enjoy with one's family only.

During Ramadan, social distancing would be of utmost importance in order to contain the disease, they urged. 

Shahi imams of Jama Masjid and Fatehpuri Masjid in the city have also appealed to Muslims to offer namaz during the holy month of Ramadan at home and follow lockdown guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Film producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur V K Mohan committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel in the city on Monday, police said.

Mohan, who hailed from Kundapur Taluk, Udupi District, was a famous film producer and hotelier.

According to police, Mohan arrived at the hotel on Sunday night and when he did not open the door of his room on Monday, hotel staffs, grew suspicious and peeped through the room window, found him hanging.

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