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Ravinder Saini
Tribune News Service
Rewari, December 3
Former minister and senior Congress leader Capt Ajay Yadav has suffered a major setback in the Youth Congress elections, as his supporters faced defeat on all top posts, including president of the district and Assembly units, in Rewari, his home district.
Supporters of former Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda have romped victories on the posts of the district president and chief of all three Assembly segments — Kosli, Rewari and Bawal — in the elections. The election results were declared yesterday, while the polling was conducted for three days from November 29 to December 1.
Vipin Panwar won the election to the Rewari district president, while Sanjay Bhala, Ajay Rao and Pawan Yadav have been elected for the post of president for the Kosli, Rewari and Bawal units, respectively. All three winning candidates are Hooda supporters.
Mukesh Rai, returning officer (RO), said Panwar defeated his nearest candidate Praveen Kumar by 33 votes in the election of the district president. Panwar polled 1,296 votes, while Praveen got 1,263 votes.
“Pawan Yadav defeated his nearest candidate Pramila Devi by 118 votes from Bawal, Ajay Rao won the election by 261 votes from Rewari and Sanjay Bhala romped home with 336 votes from the Kosli Assembly segment,” said Rai. Panwar said the winning candidates from Rewari would soon call on Hooda in Delhi to celebrate their victory.
Meanwhile, Capt Yadav blamed senior Congress leaders of the region and use of money for the defeat of his candidates in the elections. He said a former minister and CPS openly sought votes for Hooda’s supporters during the elections while they were not allowed for the same as per the party constitution.
Chiranjeev Rao, candidate for the State Youth Congress president post and son of Capt Yadav, said they had filed a complaint against such senior Congress leaders with the party high command for participating in the elections and demanded appropriate action into the matter.
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