Of the entire 9,385 votes, Kharge acquired 7,897 votes, Tharoor received 1,072 votes, and 416 votes have been invalid.

Here is some attention-grabbing information of the brand new president of Congress

-Mallikarjun Kharrge is the second Dalit president of Congress in 5 a long time after Jagjivan Ram turned Congress chief in 1970

-Kharge is a polyglot who’s fluent in Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and English. 

-The previous union minister of Railways was born on 21 July, 1942 in Bidar district of Karnataka and studied in a Marathi medium authorities college

–Kharge misplaced his mom to communal violence on the age of seven. The incident left a deep affect on him thereby shaping up his grownup ideology as a secularist

-The Indian politician is a practising Buddhist and a self-declared ardent follower of BR Ambedkar

-Mallikarjun Kharge additionally has sportsmanship so as to add to his wall of fame. He was a state-level participant in kabaddi and hockey. He additionally used to play soccer and cricket. Until a few years in the past, the politician would typically be seen at stadiums catching up on the most recent match

-Kharge joined Congress in 1969, the yr then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was expelled from the grand previous occasion. He turned the president of Kalaburagi City Congress Committee the identical yr on the age of simply 27

-Kharge is an arts graduate from Authorities Faculty, Kalaburagi. He additionally holds a legislation diploma from the Seth Shankarlal Lahoti Legislation Faculty in Kalaburagi. A labour legislation skilled, he practised beneath Shivaraj Patil, who later turned a Supreme Court docket decide

-Kharge is often known as ‘Solilada Sardara’, which implies undefeated chieftain, as a result of he was elected to the Karnataka meeting 9 occasions consecutively, between 1972 and 2008. He additionally received from the Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency in 2009 and 2014

–Kharge and spouse Radhabai have three sons—Rahul, Priyank and Milind—and two daughters—Priyadarshini and Jayashree. Apart from Priyank, who’s a Congress MLA and a former Karnataka minister, the others will not be in politics

-Kharge is a foodie. He loves his non-vegetarian palatte and a pleasant heat jowar roti. 

-He follows no particular train regime besides physiotherapy put up a knee surgical procedure in 2017. At 80, he stays extra agile than most of his compatriots

-It has been made recognized that Kharge could be extraordinarily witty when in non-public.  His sense of humour and sarcasm have been stated to place anybody in splits. At residence, Kharge is a strict disciplinarian. He’s specific about not losing meals, electrical energy and water