New Delhi: Congress's Central Election Authority (CEA) President Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday said the election for the party's president's post will be a complete secret. He said that in this secret ballot it would be difficult to find out who voted in whose favor. At the same time, on the remark of alleged Presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on uneven playing field, he said that it is absolutely false.

He said that I have no answer to the allegations brought out by the media, but if someone diverts our attention to some wrongdoing, then we will fix it. He said that we do not want to give any such opportunity to anyone. If someone makes an allegation, what can we do? We can't stop them. As far as we are concerned, we are moving ahead in the process of conducting free and fair elections.

Congress's Central Election Authority chief Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday said the election of the party president will be held in secret and it cannot be ascertained who voted for whom and how many votes a candidate got from which state. He also said that the election authority has made every effort to ensure that there is equal opportunity for both the candidates. Voting for the post of Congress President is to be held on October 17 and counting of votes will take place on October 19. Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are its candidates.

While interacting with the media, Congress CEA President Madhusudan Mistry gave a glimpse of the ballot box and ballot paper along with giving information about the complete process and modalities of voting. He also said that after voting, the ballot boxes will be sealed in the presence of the agents of the candidates and then the returning officers of the respective states will reach the Congress headquarters with these boxes. He said that before the counting of votes, the seals of the ballot boxes would be opened in the presence of the candidates and all the ballot papers would be mixed.

According to Madhusudan Mistry, a strong room was built in the Congress headquarters itself, where the ballot boxes would be kept. In response to a question, he said that this election will be completely confidential. It will not be known who voted for whom and how many votes a candidate got from which state. Mistry said that there was a complaint regarding the election process, which has been resolved.

Earlier, presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor had said on Tuesday that he expected a public explanation from Central Election Authority chief Madhusudan Mistry that the election would be held by secret ballot, with sealed ballot boxes in front of candidates and their agents in Delhi. will be opened and all the ballot papers will be mixed before the counting of votes begins.