Mangalore, March 9: Congress leader and former union minister Janardhan Poojary won the Congress primary (internal election) by garnering 478 out of the total 547 votes that were cast. He has been declared as the Congress candidate from Mangalore constituency. He will be up against Nalin Kumar Kateel of BJP
Releatd Report :
Mangalore, Mar 9: The voting for the crucial Congress internal elections began at Rosario School grounds on Sunday March 9. The registration of voters began at 9 am and ended at sharp 11 am.
No late comers were entertained and those who did not possess voter id cards too weredisqualified. Even, Mangalore North MLA Mohiuddin Bava had to return without casting his vote. Thus, the final voting list consisted of 598 names, many were unable to cast their votes.
Janardhan Poojary and U Kanachur Monu addressed the party workers. Poojary in his speech said, “This is a family election for us to choose our candidate for the Lok Sabha polls. Hence, no one should applaud or celebrate after results are out. The procedure should be peaceful. Whoever wins, we should all work for him with unity. Choose a candidate who is honest, with good attitude and who can speak in the parliament,”
U Kanchur Monu in an emotional speech thanked the Congress high command for giving an opportunity to a loyal party worker like him to contest for the elections and said, “For the first time in the history of India everyone in the party has got an opportunity to contest for the elections. For 40 years I have been a sincere party member, working with secular ideology.”
AICC secretary Shantaram Naik administered an oath wherein the candidates and party workers pledged to wholeheartedly support the candidate who wins the primary. After the meet, voting began in 8 polling booths corresponding to the eight Assembly constituencies of the district.
Prominent among those who cast their votes were ministers U T Khadar, Ramanath Rai, Abhaychandra Jain, MLA J R Lobo, former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty, P V Mohan and others. Returning officers Pramod Kumar and Praniel Nair, Prakash Joshi and others were present.
AICC teams from other states oversaw the procedures, ensuring that late comers were not allowed to vote.
