Congress prez elope comes all the vogue down to Kharge vs Tharoor: A interrogate at 12 non-Gandhi occasion presidents since Independence

The elope for Congress president post has come all the vogue down to a one-on-one contest between two leaders — Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. Whoever wins, the reigns of the Mountainous Historical Social gathering will lastly race into the fingers of a non-Gandhi chief after 22 years. 

No doubt, the supreme time the occasion seen a contest for the coveted post was in November 2000 when Sonia Gandhi defeated Jitendra Prasad by a immense margin. 

The supreme non-Gandhi president was Sitaram Kesari who was unceremoniously eradicated from office when the management determined to anoint Sonia Gandhi in his place in 1999.  

In Congress’ 130-year historical previous, Sonia Gandhi has held the president post for the longest length. She took over occasion’s reigns from Sitaram Kesri following the 1998 Lok Sabha polls and has been at the helm since then, barring a two-year-length between 2017-19 when Rahul Gandhi turned into the occasion president.

Right here is a interrogate at the Congress presidents outside the Nehru-Gandhi household since India’s Independence: 

J B Kripalani (1947): Kripalani was leading the Congress when the country performed its independence from the British rule. The four-time MP later left the occasion to originate the Kisan Majdoor Praja Social gathering. 

Pattabhi Sitaramayya (1948-49): Backed by the then Top Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Sitaramayya contested the Congress presidential polls and emerged victorious. He was the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 1952-57. 

Purushottam Das Tandon (1950): Tandon defeated Kripalani to speak the head post in 1950, but resigned just a few years later amid reported differences with Nehru. 

U N Dhebar (1955-59): Dhebar took over the occasion’s reigns after Nehru’s first stint as Congress president and served because the executive for four years. He was additionally the executive minister of Saurashtra from 1948 to 1954. 

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (1960-63): Reddy succeeded Indira Gandhi because the occasion president in 1960. He later quit the occasion and left politics in 1967. He was additionally the sixth President of India. 

Okay Kamaraj (1964-67): Kamaraj, popularly identified because the kingmaker, served because the Congress president from 1964 to 1967. A Syndicate chief, he later broken-down the Congress (O) after the destroy up with Indira Gandhi-led Congress. 

S Nijalingappa (1968-69): Nijalingappa was the supreme president of the undivided Congress. He later joined the Syndicate leaders. 

Jagjivan Ram (1970-71): Jagjivan Ram served the president of the Indira-led Congress. After the Emergency, he left the Congress and joined the Janata Social gathering. Ram was the defence minister when India went to battle with Pakistan in 1971. 

Shankar Dayal Sharma (1972-74): Sharma took over the occasion’s reigns in 1972. He was the President of India from 1992 to 1997. 

Devakanta Barua (1975-77): Barua, a staunch Indira Gandhi supporter, led the occasion all the contrivance by the Emergency. He’s keep in mind for his proclamation “India is Indira, Indira is India”. 

P V Narsimha Rao (1992-96): Following Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, Rao turned into the Congress president in 1992. He was additionally the well-known top minister from a non-Hindi speaking blueprint.

Sitaram Kesri (1996-98): In 1996, Kesri turned into the president of Congress. His timeframe seen the exit of several senior occasion leaders and defeat in 1998 Lok Sabha elections.