Congress President Polls: Digvijaya Singh Enters Fray, Says Will File Nomination Tomorrow

Congress President Poll: Till now, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shahi Tharoor has declared his candidature for the post of party president. 

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh at Central Election Authority office collecting nomination papers.

New Delhi: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh is all set to enter the fray for Congress Presidential polls as he will submit his nomination papers tomorrow, reported news agency ANI. On Thursday, the former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh reached the party office where he collected the nomination papers from the Central Election Authority. 

"Today I have come here to collect the nomination form and will possibly file it tomorrow," Singh said outside his residence here today, quoted by the news agency. 

The senior Congress leader met with Rahul Gandhi in Kerala at the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra and arrived in the national capital late last evening.

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Till now, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shahi Tharoor has declared his candidature for the post of party president. 

The Indian Overseas Congress, United States wrote a letter to party interim president Sonia Gandhi in support of Shashi Tharoor for the post. The Thiruvananthapuram MP received the nod last week from Sonia Gandhi to run for the post of party president.  

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister is the latest entrant in the fray for the party chief's election, even as the fate of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot contesting the party chief's election is uncertain.

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After a political crisis erupted in Rajasthan by Gehlot’s three loyalists — who were later issued a show cause notice — he will meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi today. The Rajasthan CM, talking to reporters said that the party works under Congress president and decisions will be taken in the time to come. 

The filing of nominations for the top Congress post will take place till September 30 and the election will take place on October 17.