Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi cast vote in Congress party president elections. Watch video

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Priyanka Gandhi cast their vote at the AICC office in Delhi. The elections for the position of Congress president are being conducted today. About 9,300 Congress delegates will vote to elect the new President.

Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are in the fray for the top post of the party president.

Voting will be conducted across all state and union territory offices from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. About 67 booths have been set up, according to the party's Central Election Authority (CEA).




Once the voting process ends, all the ballet boxes will be brought to the AICC headquarters in New Delhi.

Results will be declared as soon as counting of the votes end on Wednesday.

Rahul Gandhi, who is on his Bharat Jodo Yatra, will vote at a campsite in Karnataka's Ballari, while outgoing interim president Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will cast their ballots at the party headquarters.

(With inputs from IANS)