Senior party leader Digvijaya Singh is now in the race for the Congress presidential post, according to media reports. Digvijaya Singh, who is set to return to Delhi tonight, will likely file his nomination on September 30, sources added.
"I am seriously considering filing a nomination, but haven’t taken a final decision. I will arrive in Delhi tonight and take a final call," said Singh, who is in Kerala for the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi.
The names of Digvijaya Singh, KC Venugopal, and Mallikarjun Kharge had emerged as frontrunners after a question mark was put on Ashok Gehlot’s run for Congress chief post following the rebellion in Rajasthan Congress.
Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, is also in the race for the October 17 AICC presidential election.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi has remained firm in his decision not to contest for the post of Congress president. Rahul Gandhi had resigned as Congress president after the party suffered its second consecutive defeat in parliamentary elections in 2019.
