
A | New Delhi, Oct 17 (UNI) The election for Congress President was concluded here on Monday, with around 96 percent of the delegates exercising their franchise.
Congress' central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry said out of around 9,600 delegates, around 9,500 cast their votes.
"Congress has set an example of democracy within a party by holding these elections. Other parties should learn from it," said Mistry.
He said 87 people, including Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, party leaders P Chidambaram and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, voted at the AICC headquarters.
Asked about the election, Sonia Gandhi said, "I have been waiting for a long time for this thing".
Party leader Rahul Gandhi and 50 other delegates cast their vote at a special polling booth created in a container at the site of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Sanganakallu.
Veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Thriuvananthpuram MP Shashi Tharoor are in fray for the post of Congress President.
An election for the post of Congress president is being held by the party after almost 22 years. The last time there was a contest was in 2000 when Sonia Gandhi had defeated her rival Jitendra Prasada by a huge margin.
Counting for the presidential poll will be held on October 19 and results will be declared.
In 1997, a triangular contest took place between Sitaram Kesri, Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot in which Kesri won.
UNI AO SHK2044。 原标题:习近平对西藏日喀则市吉隆县遭受泥石流灾害作出重要指示强调
千方百计搜救失联人员 加强各类风险隐患排查整治
确保人民群众生命财产安全
李强作出批示
新华社北京8月26日电 8月26日10时30分许,因尼泊尔一侧发生泥石流灾害,造成西藏日喀则市吉隆县吉隆口岸重大人员伤亡、失联。
灾害发生后,中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平高度重视并作出重要指示指出,当务之急要千方百计搜救失联人员,转移安置受威胁群众,抓紧救治伤员,最大限度减少人员伤亡。要加强监测预警,注重科学施救,防止发生次生灾害。
习近平强调,当前正处防汛关键期,各地区和有关部门要坚持极限思维、底线思维,认真落实防汛防台风各项措施,加强各类风险隐患排查整治,坚决防范重特大灾害事故发生,确保人民群众生命财产安全。
中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理李强作出批示指出,要抓紧核清失联受灾人数,组织力量全力开展抢险救援,及时有序转移受险群众,同时注意科学施救,严防次生灾害。

B | 外交部要加强与有关国家沟通协调,及时通报情况,共同妥善做好救援处置工作。当前仍值主汛期,国家防办、防减救灾办要指导各地深入排查灾害风险隐患,加强险情监测预警和排险避灾,确保人民群众生命安全。

C | 根据习近平重要指示和李强要求,中共中央政治局委员、国务院副总理张国清率有关部门负责同志赶赴现场指导救援处置工作。西藏已组织力量全力做好现场搜救等工作。

D | 目前,有关工作正在进行中。【编辑:曹子健】。
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