Elected President in Congress, the fight is still on: On Tharoor’s allegations of rigging, the election in-charge Mistry said – two faces of AAP

The Congress President’s election has passed just a day, but the internal politics of the party has once again come to the fore due to allegations of rigging in the election. This time Congress’s Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry has targeted Tharoor’s chief polling agent Salman Soz.

Madhusudan Mistry said on Thursday- Said- I would like to apologize but you (Tharoor’s agent) have two faces. One was before me, in which you were satisfied with our answers. The second one, in which you started making all these allegations in front of the media. We have listened to your every complaint. Despite this, you went to the media and started saying that the Central Election Authority is conspiring against us.

Salman Soz had accused of rigging
Shashi Tharoor’s chief polling agent Salman Soz had alleged irregularities during voting in Uttar Pradesh. Soz had said that the rules of the Election Authority were flouted in Uttar Pradesh. The boxes were sealed without polling agent. Soz also said that rules have been violated in some other states as well. Soz also said in his letter that according to the rules, the polling agent should get a summary seat which was not given by the authority.

Salman Soz is the Vice President of All India Professional Congress. He was appointed to this post on September 2019. Earlier this post was with Milind Deora. (file photo)

Soz’s letter was leaked to the media
The letter, sent to the chairman of the Congress’s Central Election Authority (CEA), was leaked to the media. When the letter became public, Shashi Tharoor had tweeted saying – It was unfortunate that the internal letter sent to CEA was leaked to the media. I hope the clarification sought by Salman Soz will put an end to an unnecessary controversy. This election is to strengthen the Congress, not to divide it.

Kharge defeated Shashi Tharoor by 6825 votes

Mallikarjun Kharge has become the new President of Congress. In Wednesday’s results, he defeated Shashi Tharoor by 6825 votes. Kharge got 7897 votes, while Tharoor could get only 1072 votes. 416 votes were rejected. With the results, the Congress party has got a non-Gandhi president after 24 years. The new Speaker Kharge will take oath as the Speaker on October 26.

Counting of AICC President’s election happened like this
The counting of votes for the party president’s post, held after 24 years, began at 10 am. Ballot boxes were sent to all state Congress committees across the country for elections. After voting on October 17, the ballot boxes were brought to the Congress Headquarters (AICC) at 24 Akbar Road in New Delhi. This is where he was counted.

Before the counting began on Wednesday, the ballot papers were mixed among themselves so that it could not be known which candidate got the number of votes from which state. The votes were then sorted out. After this process, they were counted by making bunches of 50-50 ballot papers. During this, a record of the count of each bunch was kept.

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This is how AICC President’s election counting took place
The counting of votes for the party president’s post, held after 24 years, began at 10 am. Ballot boxes were sent to all state Congress committees across the country for elections. After voting on October 17, the ballot boxes were brought to the Congress Headquarters (AICC) at 24 Akbar Road in New Delhi. This is where he was counted.

Before the counting began on Wednesday, the ballot papers were mixed among themselves so that it could not be known which candidate got the number of votes from which state. The votes were then sorted out. After this process, they were counted by making bunches of 50-50 ballot papers. During this, a record of the count of each bunch was kept.

Rahul Gandhi casts his vote while standing in line with delegates in Bellary, Karnataka.

Voting took place in 67 booths at 36 polling stations
The Central Election Authority (CEA) of the Congress had set up 67 booths at 36 polling stations in the election. Maximum 6 booths were in UP. One booth was made for every 200 delegates. 47 delegates, including Rahul Gandhi, who participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, cast their vote in Bellary, Karnataka. A separate booth was made in a container at the travel camp here.