Congress president election: 67 polling booths set up; stage set for ‘Kharge vs Tharoor’ fight on Oct 17

Highlights

• The interval of withdrawal is over and none (Tharoor or Kharge) has withdrawn their candidature
• In AICC additionally there will probably be a sales space, particularly for all senior leaders
• Elections will happen on October 17 in each state capital from 10 AM to 4 PM

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Congress president election: Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge are the get together’s two contestants for the Congress presidential ballot. The get together is set to carry its election on October 17, for which, 67 booths have been set up in all of the states, the get together’s central election authority (CEA) confirmed. 

The final electoral contest for the highest publish of the get together passed off in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of Sonia Gandhi.

Also, with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deciding to not be within the working for the get together president’s publish, a non-Gandhi could be on the helm after over 24 years.

“There are two candidates who had filed (valid) nominations – Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. The period of withdrawal is over and none of them has withdrawn their candidature. So, there remain two candidates,” Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry stated at a press convention on the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.

“In AICC also there will be a booth, especially for all senior leaders, working committee members and all those whose identity card is from a different state but are staying in Delhi. If they write to us that they want to vote in Delhi then we will make arrangements here as well, they can also vote here in AICC,” he additional stated. 

The official strategy of campaigning begins now however candidates have already began canvassing, he stated.

Elections will happen on October 17 in each state capital from 10 AM to 4 PM, Mistry stated, including that the vote will probably be by secret poll.

The poll bins will probably be dropped at Delhi and counting will happen on October 19.

Results will probably be declared the identical day, he stated.

Ballot papers can even be despatched to the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka and a sales space will probably be set up there for the yatris, he stated.

Mistry additionally stated that an advisory was issued for the polls and it’s being adopted by everybody.

“There is an equal opportunity for both candidates and the apprehensions that used to be there that it may be in favour of one candidate are not there,” he stated.

There was only one grievance throughout the election course of, Mistry stated, including that it’s being resolved.

Amid studies that the Tharoor camp had filed a grievance over some workplace bearers brazenly pledging help for Kharge, Mistry refused to disclose whose grievance it was that has been filed and from which state.

“We don’t go by media reports, we can act only on written complaints,” he stated when requested about studies of complaints from sure states.

A set of pointers for the elections was issued earlier this week which debarred get together office-bearers from campaigning for candidates.

Mistry stated in all, 67 booths will probably be set up throughout states, together with one on the AICC headquarters, and asserted that the elections are an “open process”.

More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.

(With inputs from businesses)

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