Kharge vs. Tharoor in Congress presidential poll after K N Tripathi's nomination was rejected

New Delhi: After K N Tripathi, a former minister for Jharkhand, had his nomination for the Congress presidential election rejected on Saturday, Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge would now face off for the party's top post.

On Friday, the last day of the nominations period, the three had submitted their nominations.

AICC Central Election Authority Chairman Madhusudan Mistry stated during a press conference at the Congress headquarters that a total of 20 nomination forms were received during the process, and four of them were rejected.

While Kharge submitted 14 forms, Tharoor submitted five and Tripathi one.

Mistry said Tripathi's form was rejected as the signature of one of his proposers did not match and another proposer's signature was repeated.