Mangaluru, May 19, 2017 : Mithun Rai has been re-elected as the President of the District Youth Congress. He defeated Luqman by a margin of 583 votes. Luqman was elected Vice President. The results were announced on May 18, Thursday evening. Mithun Rai secured a total of 4,059 votes while Luqman got 3,476 votes.
Kiran Gundlekuttu, Prasad Malli, Mohammed Shoaib, Naveed and Abdul Samad were elected General Secretaries of District Youth Congress.
The constituency-wise counting of votes polled for the election of local unit Chiefs was held on May 18 and the results of the same have also been declared.
It is interesting to note that there have been a couple of clashes in the recent past between the supporters of Mithun Rai and Luqman. The elections were held on May 16 amid high police security.