Former Himachal Pradesh Governor VS Kokje was on Saturday elected the (Vishwa Hindu Praishad) VHP's international president, ending decades-long reins of firebrand leader Pravin Togadia whose nominee and incumbent Raghava Reddy faced a huge drubbing in the first election in 52 years.
Togadia, who has been with the VHP for over three decades and served as its international working president since December 2011, announced quitting the outfit in a press conference after his nominee to the post of international president of the VHP was defeated in voting.
Kokje defeated Reddy by bagging 131 votes to 60. A total of 192 delegates of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) were eligible to vote in today's election in Gurgaon.
Togadia, who batted for Redyy, however, alleged irregularities in the exercise.