Hope Kharge will renew consultative process in Cong: Ex-Maha CM

Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday expressed confidence that new Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will renew the consultative process which existed in the party earlier. Congress leader Chavan congratulated Kharge for winning a decisive mandate.Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry announced after the counting of votes on Wednesday that of the 9,385 votes polled in the Congress president poll, Kharge got 7,897 votes and Shashi Tharoor 1,072 votes, while 416 votes were declared invalid.’I hope Kharge will use his electoral and administrative experience in strengthening the Congress and take it to new heights. I am confident that he will renew the consultative process that existed in the party earlier,” Chavan said.”There are many unresolved issues and the Assembly elections in two states due this year. There is the 2024 challenge as well. I wish Kharge takes the party to new heights,” he said.