Congress Prez Poll: Senior Members Sideline Shashi Tharoor; Mallikarjun Kharge Emerges as Top Choice

The latest election for the top post in India's main opposition party was held in 2000, with Sonia Gandhi and Jitendra Prasada as main contenders. Gandhi won the contest with a considerable margin, and since then, members of the Gandhi family (either Sonia Gandhi or her son Rahul Gandhi) have been ruling the Congress party.