Well, it's not a very relaxed Friday morning here. It's the run up to the Congress elections, and today is the last date for filing nominations. Malik Arjun Card has joined the contest for the Congress president As the candidate backed by the party high command, he made her last minute entry right on the day of the deadline of filing nominations. He will resign as the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha. Enough cordons with the one post one person rule. Our This is, according to sources, and he also file his nomination today at the deadline. Remember for filing nominations for the Congress President polls, which are due on October 17th. The deadline to file nominations is today at three PM Meanwhile, Mr Tharoor and Mr Digvijay Singh, to are expected to file their nominations, will see. Mr Tharoor said, that he will file his nomination at around noon. We've not heard from Mr Digvijay Singh today will see whether he filed his nomination or whether he backs out, will have to wait and watch to find out all of that. But the latest entry, the last minute twist, has been that Mr Malik Arjun Kharj entered the Congress presidential race. This came a day after Mr Ashok a lot announced that he is pulling out of that race. And he was supposed to be the Congress's official candidate in these player in these polls. And after that, Mr Malik Arjun card sort of replaced that official candidate replaced that official entry to be our the candidate backed by the parties High command. This name Mr Malik are Jin's card. His name was decided at a late night meeting last night. He will file his nomination at 12 noon, right around the time that Mr Tharoor will also file his nominations. Sunil Prabhu joining us for more details on the Sunil That deadline coming real really close now It's just three PM today. So who all are likely to file their nominations? Mr. Tharoor said he'll be filing them. Mr. Malik Arjun Kharj. Is it likely to be or three cornered contest or a two cornered contest? What is your assessment? Well, as of now, it looks like a three cornered contest. Er Mr Sashi Tharoor will come in at 12. 15, Mr Card around 12. 30. This is the scene at the a lot of more media people today. Then the Congress delegates who have to sign you need a kiss. 10 members of parliament attended delegates sexually to sign this nomination. So this is the Returning Officers Office where they will all come in year and then submit their they nomination forms. The acceptance has to be done, as you rightly pointed out, a key Gandhi loyalist and Ade, who is also the General secretary in charge of organisation Mr Casey Venugopal, conveying to Mr Kharj the decision that he has the Gandhis blessings even though they have said that they will remain equidistant. Having said that, the big issue now is about that one man, one post and the same principle and the same logic now will be have to be applied. What Mr A. J. Macon said Mr Gaylord had made its intention tear, so he had to submit his resignation. Chief Ministry could not continue and that kinetic place in the same context. We will wait to see whether he will submit that letter of resignation to the vice president as the one man one post and allow the Congress president who is the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party and has the past to nominate somebody else as the leader of opposition. So will they be two different yardsticks? One rule for Mr Gay. Lot of wonder for Mr Kharj, that's the million dollar question. That's something that will need to ask, because the G 23 leaders who are now at as we speak, meeting and a short while back Mr Manish Tewari made it clear that unless Mr Hooda Oh, Mr Prithvi Raj Chavanel, Mr AnAnd Sharma given of submit assigned for their nomination forms. He's not submitting his his nomination for Congress president and finally tweeting and saying that he will go by what Mr Pranab Mukherjee said. And that is that look for consensus candidate. So in this context, Mr Cargill has emerged as the consensus candidate. As you rightly said, Mr Digvijay Singh has taken the nomination forms. But he says, Wait till the last day of withdrawal. So we'll have to wait and see how things play out. But definitely at this present juncture, the next big question is who will be the leader of opposition for the Congress party with its dwindling numbers in the Rajya Sabha. It's down to 31 they really it's in that context that they will be like to wait and see whether he even have that, you know, leader of opposition status in the Rajya Sabha if they don't do well in Himachal and Gujarat. So these are the big questions. A big question mark on the Congress Party's existence in itself, even though it's a grand old party. And through this, Gandhi's have made it clear that officially they might be wanting to meet with distant from Mr Shashi Tharoor, Aurora, Mr Digvijay Singh. But Mr Kharj definitely has the blessings of the high command.
