Congress president polls | Mallikarjun Kharge vows 50% party posts to youngsters
The HinduVeteran Congress leader, Mallikarjun Kharge, who is in the contest for the AICC president election, said on October 8 that his age was no impediment to his election and was committed to implementing the party's decision to give 50% party posts to youngsters giving them more space in decision making. “We will bring in youngsters across sections focusing on farmers, women and all social groups if elected as Congress president,” he said even as he argued that he believed in collective leadership and consultation in taking decisions. He also slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for raking up irrelevant issues on the party election and said it was laughable that a party that appoints its President without any democratic practices is trying to find fault with the Congress election. KCR’s ‘love failure’ Earlier, addressing the Congress delegates, Mr. Kharge described Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao as a man who loved one but got married to another person.