By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday introduced that an electoral contest would happen between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor on October 17 with each applicants no longer taking flight their nominations, the closing date for which has ended.
The closing electoral contest for the highest put up of the birthday celebration came about in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada had suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of Sonia Gandhi.
Additionally, with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deciding to not be within the operating for the birthday celebration president’s put up, a non-Gandhi could be on the helm after over 24 years.
“There are two applicants who had filed (legitimate) nomination. Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. The duration of withdrawal is over and none of them has withdrawn their candidature. So, there stay two applicants,” Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry stated at a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here.
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The respectable means of campaigning begins from now however applicants have already began canvassing, he stated.
Elections will happen on October 17 in each and every state capital from 10 AM to 4 PM, Mistry stated, including that the vote might be via secret poll.
The poll packing containers might be dropped at Delhi and counting will happen on October 19. Effects might be declared the similar day, the senior Congress chief stated.
Poll papers can be despatched to the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka and a sales space might be arrange there for the yatris, he stated. Mistry additionally stated that an advisory used to be issued for the polls and it’s being adopted via everybody.
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“There may be an equivalent alternative for each applicants and the apprehensions that was once there that it can be in favour of 1 candidate aren’t there,” he stated.
There used to be only one grievance right through the election procedure, Mistry stated, including that it’s being resolved.
Amid experiences that the Tharoor camp had filed a grievance over some workplace bearers overtly pledging enhance for Kharge, Mistry refused to expose whose grievance it used to be that has been filed and from which state.
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“We do not move via media experiences, we will act simplest on written proceedings,” he stated when requested about experiences of proceedings from sure states. A suite of tips for the elections used to be issued previous this week which debarred birthday celebration office-bearers from campaigning for applicants. Mistry stated in all, 67 cubicles might be arrange throughout states, together with one on the AICC headquarters right here, and asserted that the elections are an “open procedure”.
Greater than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday introduced that an electoral contest would happen between Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor on October 17 with each applicants no longer taking flight their nominations, the closing date for which has ended.
The closing electoral contest for the highest put up of the birthday celebration came about in 2000 when Jitendra Prasada had suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of Sonia Gandhi.
Additionally, with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deciding to not be within the operating for the birthday celebration president’s put up, a non-Gandhi could be on the helm after over 24 years.
“There are two applicants who had filed (legitimate) nomination. Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor. The duration of withdrawal is over and none of them has withdrawn their candidature. So, there stay two applicants,” Congress’ central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry stated at a press convention on the AICC headquarters right here.
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The respectable means of campaigning begins from now however applicants have already began canvassing, he stated.
Elections will happen on October 17 in each and every state capital from 10 AM to 4 PM, Mistry stated, including that the vote might be via secret poll.
The poll packing containers might be dropped at Delhi and counting will happen on October 19. Effects might be declared the similar day, the senior Congress chief stated.
Poll papers can be despatched to the Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka and a sales space might be arrange there for the yatris, he stated. Mistry additionally stated that an advisory used to be issued for the polls and it’s being adopted via everybody.
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“There may be an equivalent alternative for each applicants and the apprehensions that was once there that it can be in favour of 1 candidate aren’t there,” he stated.
There used to be only one grievance right through the election procedure, Mistry stated, including that it’s being resolved.
Amid experiences that the Tharoor camp had filed a grievance over some workplace bearers overtly pledging enhance for Kharge, Mistry refused to expose whose grievance it used to be that has been filed and from which state.
ALSO READ: As Congress leader, I can have distant regulate in my hand, says Kharge
“We do not move via media experiences, we will act simplest on written proceedings,” he stated when requested about experiences of proceedings from sure states. A suite of tips for the elections used to be issued previous this week which debarred birthday celebration office-bearers from campaigning for applicants. Mistry stated in all, 67 cubicles might be arrange throughout states, together with one on the AICC headquarters right here, and asserted that the elections are an “open procedure”.
Greater than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates will vote within the ballot.
