<p>Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday filed his nomination for the post of Congress president at the party headquarters here.</p>.<p>The Thiruvananthapuram MP submitted his papers to the party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry at his office at the AICC headquarters.</p>.<p>Amid sound of drumbeats and fanfare, he made an entry at the AICC headquarters.</p>.<p>Tharoor visited Rajghat in the morning and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of filing his nomination papers for the party's presidential poll.</p>.<p>"Paid tribute to the man who built India's bridge to the 21st century this morning," Tharoor said in a tweet.</p>.<p>He quoted former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as saying, "India is an Old country but a young nation... I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind."</p>.<p>Polling will take place on October 17 and the result will be announced on October 19. </p>
<p>Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday filed his nomination for the post of Congress president at the party headquarters here.</p>.<p>The Thiruvananthapuram MP submitted his papers to the party's central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry at his office at the AICC headquarters.</p>.<p>Amid sound of drumbeats and fanfare, he made an entry at the AICC headquarters.</p>.<p>Tharoor visited Rajghat in the morning and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of filing his nomination papers for the party's presidential poll.</p>.<p>"Paid tribute to the man who built India's bridge to the 21st century this morning," Tharoor said in a tweet.</p>.<p>He quoted former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as saying, "India is an Old country but a young nation... I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind."</p>.<p>Polling will take place on October 17 and the result will be announced on October 19. </p>