India’s Congress elects first non-Gandhi chief in 24 years
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 – India’s opposition Congress party declared veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge its new chief on Wednesday, the first person from outside the influential Nehru-Gandhi family to hold the beleaguered party’s presidency in 24 years. Kharge, an 80-year-old from the lowest rung of India’s caste system, […]