A | New Delhi, Oct 17 (UNI) The election for Congress President was concluded here on Monday, with around 96 percent of the delegates exercising their franchise.
Congress' central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said out of around 9,600 delegates, around 9,500 cast their votes.
"Congress has set an example of democracy within a party by holding these elections. Other parties should learn from it," said Mistry.
He said 87 people, including Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, party leaders P Chidambaram and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, voted at the AICC headquarters.
Asked about the election, Sonia Gandhi said, "I have been waiting for a long time for this thing".
Party leader Rahul Gandhi and 50 other delegates cast their vote at a special polling booth created in a container at the site of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Sanganakallu.
Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Thriuvananthpuram MP Shashi Tharoor are in fray for the post of Congress President.
An election for the post of Congress president is being held by the party after almost 22 years. The last time there was a contest was in 2000 when Sonia Gandhi had defeated her rival Jitendra Prasada by a huge margin.
Counting for the presidential poll will be held on October 19 and results will be declared.
In 1997, a triangular contest took place between Sitaram Kesri, Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot in which Kesri won.
UNI AO SHK2044。 Violent clashes broke out between locals and police officers on Sunday during an anti-encroachment drive to raze 70 illegal houses built on government land in the city of Patna, Bihar state.,District Magistrate Dr. Chandrashekhar Singh told the ANI news agency that authorities had identified 40 acres of a Nepali colony for the anti-encroachment drive. A team of 2,000 security officers reached the site with around 17 JCB demolition machines to tear down the illegal houses.,According to reports, all of the houses were built after the state land was illegally occupied. Squatters had been issued vacation orders one month previous to the demolition.,However, authorities called on the bulldozers when residents failed to adhere to the order.,Dr. Singh claimed that residents of the Nepali colony didn’t have any paperwork, and they didn't file for building authorization from the state housing administration.,“While 5,000 residents live here, only 90 applications were received of whom only nine [were] accepted... We have advertised no sale/buying of this land is permitted, however, parallel sales are going on,” Dr. Singh explained.,In response to the authorities’ move, a group of locals protested against the demolition, explaining that they pay municipal taxes for electricity and other services. Stones were thrown when the bulldozers arrived and police used tear gas to quell the unrest.,Bulldozers going for anti encroachment drive in Patna, Bihar. #bulldozer #Patna #Bihar #Bulldozers pic.twitter.com/BDORLVTe4s— gelos.in (@gelos_in) July 3, 2022,#WATCH | Bihar: City SP (Central) Patna, Ambrish Rahul injured in the clash between Police and locals during an anti-encroachment drive at Nepali Colony in Rajeev Nagar, Patna. pic.twitter.com/NcQ3Kmt5lL— ANI (@ANI) July 3, 2022,Patna Police Superintendent Ambrish Rahul was injured during the violent clashes.,#PATNA | City SP (Central) Ambarish Rahul sustained injuries in the ensuing violent #protests against anti-encroachment drive in #RajeevNagar locality of the state capital pic.twitter.com/lR5WkLLgsD— Aditya Vaibhav (@ScribeAditya) July 3, 2022,Want to know more? Check out our Koo & Telegram accounts!,Koo: https://www.kooapp.com/profile/sputniknews,Sputnik India: https://t.me/sputniknewsindia。
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