Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje elected new VHP chief
Gurugram, April 14: Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje was on Saturday elected the new President of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) brushing aside the challenge posed by the firebrand Pravin Togadia, a VHP official said.
Kokje bagged 131 votes of the VHP National Executive members, while Togadia got a meagre 60, a VHP spokesperson said in a statement.
The election was held in the government-run guest house located in the upscale and high-security Civil Lines area.
Before casting their votes, the assembled VHP members paid tribute to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on the occasion his birth anniversary.
VHP Joint General Secretary Surender Kumar Jain announced the results.
Meanwhile, the election gave harrowing time to the commuters, especially patients, as the Haryana Police had kept all routes leading to a nearby hospital blocked.
Besides, all routes to the offices of top officials, including Deputy Commissioner, Commissioner of Police and Divisional Commissioner of Gurugram, among others, had also been blocked.
"I need to reach the Puspanjali Hospital on the route, but I was stopped... No one is ready to even give us a reason why we have been stopped," said a person heading to the hospital.
Similar was the case with several other patients and attendants, who were stuck in the tailback.
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Rahul Gandhi to attend friendly football match between Messi, Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium here on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.
A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- Singareni RR9 and Aparna-Messi All Stars. These two teams will be playing a 15-20 minute friendly match and five minutes before the game, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, a football enthusiast and Messi will join and will dribble the ball together.
Rahul Gandhi will land here on a special flight at 4.30 PM and will proceed to Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel where Messi will be staying.
After watching the game, Gandhi will leave for the national capital by 10.30 PM.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event at the RGI Cricket stadium.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Sudheer Babu said security would be provided with 3,000 personnel.
