कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी ने कांग्रेस मुख्यालय में कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष के लिए मतदान किया।
लोकतंत्र के लिए एक गर्व करने वाला अवसर। pic.twitter.com/oZ2Qlsb0PC
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
NEW DELHI: About 9,500 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates out of the total around 9,900 cast their votes in the Congress presidential polls, the party’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said on Monday.
Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji casts his vote to elect the new President of the Congress party at the AICC. pic.twitter.com/s8UPLRubxT
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
भारत जोड़ो यात्रा, कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष का चुनाव और श्री @RahulGandhi
हमारे लोकतंत्र की यही खूबी है- रास्ता ढूंढ लेता है। pic.twitter.com/T03XGRQ2s1
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
The overall voter turnout was about 96 per cent and in small states, it was nearly 100 per cent, he said at a press conference after voting ended in the Mallikarjun Kharge versus Shashi Tharoor contest.
LIVE: Shri Madhusudan Mistry briefs the press regarding Congress President election and the voting that took place today. https://t.co/J8gIfPj7z9
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
Mistry said by and large the voter turnout in all places was over 90 per cent.
आज अखिल भारतीय कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष के चुनाव में दोनों उम्मीदवारों श्री @kharge एवं श्री @ShashiTharoor ने मतदान किया।
लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों की रक्षा करना कांग्रेस की पहचान रही है, हम हमेशा इसकी रक्षा करेंगे। pic.twitter.com/Jio50eoK9O
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
“The most satisfactory thing for us was that in all states where polling booths were set up, no adverse incident was reported. This is a big achievement…polls were held in an open process in a peaceful manner,” Mistry said.
Voting process to elect the new President of the Congress party is underway at AICC and PCC units across the nation. pic.twitter.com/rZL2ZAMv8Q
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
“Congress party has shown what internal democracy is and other parties that want to take a lesson from it, can do so,” he said.
भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस मुख्यालय में कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष पद के लिए डेलिगेट्स ने मतदान किया।
आपका मत, लोकतंत्र का प्रहरी है। pic.twitter.com/CLWTdb74a9
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
Mistry said no one should have any apprehensions as it is a secret ballot and nobody will get to know who voted for whom.
कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष पद के चुनाव के लिए आज सुबह 10 बजे से वोटिंग जारी है।
अलग-अलग राज्यों के डेलीगेट्स अध्यक्ष के चुनाव के लिए वोट कर रहे हैं। pic.twitter.com/4kf5n1vx0q
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 17, 2022
Kharge is considered the favourite for his perceived proximity to the Gandhis and backing by senior leaders, even as Tharoor has pitched himself as the candidate of change.
Source: Press Trust of India
