<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on his <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/with-nearly-8k-votes-kharge-defeats-tharoor-crowned-the-new-congress-president-1154926.html" target="_blank">election as party president</a> on Wednesday and wished him a fruitful tenure.</p>.<p>"My best wishes to Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji for his new responsibility as President of @INCIndia. May he have a fruitful tenure ahead," Modi tweeted.</p>.<p><b>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-presidential-poll-calling-shashi-tharoor-loser-would-be-a-mistake-1154950.html" target="_blank">Congress presidential poll: Calling Shashi Tharoor loser would be a mistake</a></b></p>.<p>Kharge was elected Congress president, defeating Shashi Tharoor in an electoral contest, the sixth in the party's 137-year-old history.</p>.<p>The Karnataka leader will formally take over as the party's president on October 26.</p>.<p>He will be the first party president from outside the Gandhi family in 24 years.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on his <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/with-nearly-8k-votes-kharge-defeats-tharoor-crowned-the-new-congress-president-1154926.html" target="_blank">election as party president</a> on Wednesday and wished him a fruitful tenure.</p>.<p>"My best wishes to Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Ji for his new responsibility as President of @INCIndia. May he have a fruitful tenure ahead," Modi tweeted.</p>.<p><b>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-presidential-poll-calling-shashi-tharoor-loser-would-be-a-mistake-1154950.html" target="_blank">Congress presidential poll: Calling Shashi Tharoor loser would be a mistake</a></b></p>.<p>Kharge was elected Congress president, defeating Shashi Tharoor in an electoral contest, the sixth in the party's 137-year-old history.</p>.<p>The Karnataka leader will formally take over as the party's president on October 26.</p>.<p>He will be the first party president from outside the Gandhi family in 24 years.</p>