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A week before the Congress presidential election, leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, both candidates for the polls, are intensifying their campaigns. In Pic: Mallikarjun Kharge visits Gandhi Ashram in Sabarmati along with other party leaders. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)
Kharge will meet party members at the party office later today. In Pic: Kharge arrives at Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)
Kharge, who submitted his nomination on Septemebr 30, had earlier said he entered the poll race to strengthen the Congress party. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)
Meanwhile, Shashi Tharoor kicked off his poll campaign in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. In Pic: Tharoor pays tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi in Chennai on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
Addressing a press conference in Chennai, Tharoor favoured limiting the term of office for state presidents in the party. (PTI photo)
The polling for the Congress presidential election is scheduled to be held on October 17. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)
The counting of votes for the polls would be taken up on October 19 and the results are expected the same day. In Pic: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor initiates a child into the world of letters during the 'Vidyarambham' ritual on the occasion of Vijayadashami, in Thiruvananthapuram, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (PTI)
