Earlier this week, Tharoor got consent from Sonia Gandhi to run for president. However, his drive to build momentum met with a setback in Kerala. 

As both politically-experienced minds are going to clash for the apex job, the party is all set for a tight contest to replace Sonia Gandhi. 

While the Gandhis tend to step aside from enjoying a direct command, the party is witnessing a wave of pressure from across the nation urging Rahul Gandhi to take the baton.

Singh will be joining the BJP nearly a year after quitting the Congress following a political crisis that pushed him to step down from the post of Chief Minister ahead of the Punjab assembly polls.

On Wednesday, eight Congress MLAs in Goa, including former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, joined the ruling BJP in the presence of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.

The party announced her demise on Wednesday and several leaders including President Murmu and Prime Minister Modi have paid condolences to Sonia Gandhi. 

After quitting Congress, Azad announced that he is going to float a new political party and that his new political journey will begin from his home turf of Jammu and Kashmir.

While Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been touted to be the frontrunner for the top post, the latest entrant to the race is Congress MP from Kerala, Shashi Tharoor.

Nitin Gadkari opened up for the first time about this past event and his speech has been getting shared on social media.

The latest schedule for the election of the president was unanimously approved at the virtual meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) that was held on Sunday.