Congress poll: Rahul Ghandi, leaders part of Bharat Jodo Yatra to vote at campsite in Karnataka
Turuvekere (Karnataka) (PTI): Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and 40 other leaders will vote in the party president's election at a Bharat Jodo Yatra campsite in Karnataka's Bellary on October 17.
The day will be a rest day for the Bharat Jodo Yatra to enable those taking part in it to cast their vote in the election.
AICC general secretary of communications, Jairam Ramesh said the central election authority has decided to set up a polling booth at the campsite in Bellary where all delegates will cast their ballot.
The PCC delegates of Karnataka will cast their vote in Bengaluru on October 17, he said.
The yatra will move to Andhra Pradesh for three days on October 18 and cover a distance of 95 kilometers in the state. It will then return to Karnataka's Raichur.
Thereafter, the yatra will move to Telangana, Ramesh said.
The counting of votes will be taken up on October 19 and the results will be declared the same day.
Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are the two contenders vying for the top Congress position.
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'Shocked' SC summons police commissioner, IO on Apr 13 in Ghaziabad rape-murder case of minor
New Delhi (PTI): Expressing deep shock, the Supreme Court on Friday intervened in the harrowing rape-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad and summoned the police commissioner and the investigating officer on April 13 with the case records.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of senior lawyer N Hariharan, appearing for the victim's father, a daily wager, and expressed its displeasure over the manner in which the state police had conducted the investigation so far in the case.
The CJI lambasted the state police and two private hospitals, which refused to treat the girl before she succumbed to her injuries post-alleged rape, for their "complete indifference" and "insensitive approach".
On March 16, the victim was allegedly lured away by a neighbour on the pretext of buying chocolates and when the child did not return, a search led the father to find her lying unconscious and covered in blood. She later succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital in Ghaziabad.
