CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sonia Gandhi is the longest-serving president of the party, having held office for over twenty years from 1998 to 2017 and again from 2019 till 2022. Mallikarjun Kharge is the current serving President. The district party is the smallest functional unit of Congress.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mallikarjun Kharge won the election amassing 7,897 votes compared to 1,072 of Shashi Tharoor. The election was triggered by resignation of Rahul Gandhi as party leader on 10 August 2019.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the party, having held the office for over twenty years from 1998 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2022. The latest election of President was held on 17 October 2022, in which Mallikarjun Kharge became the new President defeating Shashi Tharoor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first president of INC.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru(1889-1964) Barrister and politician in the United Provinces of India; supporter of Gandhi; President of Indian National Congress, 1929, 1936-37, 1946, 1951-54; first prime minister of India, 1947-1964.