'No Remote Control': Jairam Ramesh On Congress Chief Election
Congress's Jairam Ramesh today brushed off speculation that Mallikarjun Kharge was a proxy candidate as the party voted to elect a non-Gandhi chief for the first time in over 20 years. The election -- scheduled three years after Sonia Gandhi agreed to temporarily lead the party when Rahul Gandhi stepped down -- was held after multiple calls for change and hiccups over finding a candidate against Shashi Tharoor.
