Delhi, Oct 1st,2022: Former Governor of West Bengal and Jharkhand Minister, K N Tripathi’s nomination for the post of Congress president was rejected on Saturday, leaving Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge as the two main contenders.
The three had filed nominations on Friday, the last day of the process.
Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, AICC Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said a total of 20 forms were received during the nomination process and four of them were rejected.
Mistry said KN Tripathi’s form was rejected as the signature of one of his proposers did not match and another proposer’s signature was repeated.
