Congress President poll: Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor cast vote

Congress veterans Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge face off in a crucial election for the post of the party's president.

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Over 9,000 Congress delegates is voting to choose the party's 37th president.

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The winner of the poll, happening for the sixth time in the grand old party's 137-year history, will succeed current chief Sonia Gandhi.

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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi cast his vote at a ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ campsite in Bellary.

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Sonia Gandhi and her daughter and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra cast their votes for the presidential polls at the AICC headquarters.

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Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor cast their votes in Bengaluru and Thiruvananthapuram, respectively.

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