<p>Congress presidential polls candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said he has not entered the polls to oppose anyone but to strengthen the party.</p>.<p>Kharge said he entered the polls after senior and young leaders alike urged him to enter the fray.</p>.<p>He said that in line with 'one person, one post' principle of the party, he resigned as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha on the day he filed the nomination.</p>.<p>There is unemployment, inflation is rising, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, and all promises of the BJP remain unfulfilled, Kharge said at a press conference flanked by Deepender Hooda, Syed Naseer Hussain and Gourav Vallabh.</p>.<p>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/congress-may-use-mallikarjun-kharge-to-swing-sc-votes-in-karnataka-1150115.html" target="_blank">Congress may use Mallikarjun Kharge to swing SC votes in Karnataka</a></p>.<p>Vallabh said he along with Hooda and Hussain has resigned as Congress spokespersons, and will campaign for Kharge in the AICC president polls.</p>.<p>Asked about Shashi Tharoor's remarks that he is a candidate for change while Kharge is a candidate of continuity and status quo, Kharge said after polls any decision for reform will be taken jointly and not by one person.</p>.<p>He also rejected suggestions that the Gandhi family was backing him, saying he was urged by other leaders to contest.</p>.<p>Kharge and Tharoor were left in the fray in the Congress presidential poll after former Jharkhand minister K N Tripathi's nomination was rejected on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to a notification issued by the Congress on Thursday, the process for filing nominations for the election was from September 24 to 30.</p>.<p>The date for scrutiny of the nomination papers was on October 1, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8.</p>.<p>The final list of candidates will be published at 5 pm on October 8.</p>.<p>The polling, if needed, will be held on October 17. The counting of votes will be taken up on October 19 and the results will be declared the same day.</p>.<p>More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote in the poll.</p>
<p>Congress presidential polls candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said he has not entered the polls to oppose anyone but to strengthen the party.</p>.<p>Kharge said he entered the polls after senior and young leaders alike urged him to enter the fray.</p>.<p>He said that in line with 'one person, one post' principle of the party, he resigned as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha on the day he filed the nomination.</p>.<p>There is unemployment, inflation is rising, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, and all promises of the BJP remain unfulfilled, Kharge said at a press conference flanked by Deepender Hooda, Syed Naseer Hussain and Gourav Vallabh.</p>.<p>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-politics/congress-may-use-mallikarjun-kharge-to-swing-sc-votes-in-karnataka-1150115.html" target="_blank">Congress may use Mallikarjun Kharge to swing SC votes in Karnataka</a></p>.<p>Vallabh said he along with Hooda and Hussain has resigned as Congress spokespersons, and will campaign for Kharge in the AICC president polls.</p>.<p>Asked about Shashi Tharoor's remarks that he is a candidate for change while Kharge is a candidate of continuity and status quo, Kharge said after polls any decision for reform will be taken jointly and not by one person.</p>.<p>He also rejected suggestions that the Gandhi family was backing him, saying he was urged by other leaders to contest.</p>.<p>Kharge and Tharoor were left in the fray in the Congress presidential poll after former Jharkhand minister K N Tripathi's nomination was rejected on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to a notification issued by the Congress on Thursday, the process for filing nominations for the election was from September 24 to 30.</p>.<p>The date for scrutiny of the nomination papers was on October 1, while the last date for withdrawal of nominations is October 8.</p>.<p>The final list of candidates will be published at 5 pm on October 8.</p>.<p>The polling, if needed, will be held on October 17. The counting of votes will be taken up on October 19 and the results will be declared the same day.</p>.<p>More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote in the poll.</p>