After Tharoor's nomination and Gehlot's withdrawal, Digvijay Singh might be Congress's second option for Party Presidency
Digvijay Singh told reporters outside the AICC headquarters that he was there to collect his nomination form the party"s Central Election Authority (CEA) and that he is likely to file his nomination tomorrow.
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New Delhi, Sept 29: Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday (Sept 29) joined the race for the post of Congress President. "Today I have come here to collect the nomination form and will possibly file it tomorrow," Singh said outside his residence today (Sept 29).
The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh met with Rahul Gandhi in Kerala at the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra and had arrived in the national capital late last evening. Till now, only Shashi Tharoor has declared his candidature for the post. The filing of nominations for the top Congress post will take place till Sept 30 and the election will take place on Oct 17.
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Ashok Gehlot, who too was an official candidate for the position, had to withdraw his nomination after a rebellion over his candidature to the post by MLAs in the state of Rajasthan loyal to him. Digvijay Singh told reporters outside the AICC headquarters that he was there to collect his nomination form the party's Central Election Authority (CEA) and that he is likely to file his nomination tomorrow (Sept 30). He said that the decision to contest was solely his and he had not consulted with anybody else.
"I represent myself...The time is between 11 and 3 (when he will file the nominations tomorrow)," Singh told the media persons. On being asked whether his entering the race for the top Congress post will be a face-off against Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who has also been a top contender in the race besides Shashi Tharoor, Singh asked to wait and see till Oct 8, the last date of withdrawal of nominations.