Rahul Gandhi made it clear, No one from Gandhi family should become next party President: CM Gehlot
New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Friday spoke about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remark – that nobody from the Gandhi family would contest next month’s election for party chief. Rahul’s remark comes as the battle for the Congress presidential poll intensifies.
“I have requested Rahul Gandhi multiple times to accept everyone’s proposal to become the Congress President. He made it clear that no one from the Gandhi family should become the next chief,” said Rajasthan CM while addressing the media in Kerala on Friday.
Rahul Gandhi quit as Congress chief in 2019 – after the party was routed in the general election – and has since turned down several requests to return, including those from Gehlot and other Gandhi loyalists and resolutions passed by 11+ Congress state units this week.
On Wednesday Gehlot met Sonia Gandhi – who has been interim president since 2019 – in Delhi and Rahul Gandhi in Kerala – where he is leading the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
Ashok Gehlot and party MP Shashi Tharoor are seen as the likely contenders for the upcoming election. However, Congress committees across the country are holding meetings wherein a resolution is being passed stating that “we authorise the incoming Congress president to appoint PCC and AICC members.”
(Vinayak)
