Jaipur: Amid an ongoing tussle within the Congress, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday stated there is no such thing as a different to expertise at any degree and instructed that younger leaders ought to have persistence as they’d get their chances when the time comes. Gehlot referred to as leaders comparable to Jyotiraditya Scindia, R P N Singh and Jitin Parsada, who left the Congress to hitch the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), “opportunists” and identified that every one of them grew to become Union ministers at a younger age. Without naming Sachin Pilot, with whom he’s concerned in a tussle over the chief minister’s submit and the get together management within the state, Gehlot stated younger leaders who’re nonetheless within the Congress ought to work laborious and when the time comes, the central management will give them a probability identical to he and different leaders got alternatives.
“Those who left the Congress are opportunistic people. They got a chance to become Union ministers at a young age. They got it without any struggle. Whether it is Scindiaji, Jitin Prasadaji or R P N Singhji,” the veteran chief stated.
He added that these leaders not solely grew to become Union ministers at a younger age but additionally bought good portfolios.
Asked about these creating unrest throughout the Congress, Gehlot, with out naming anybody, stated, “The message for them is that we worked for the party when it was faced with many challenges, when we lost elections. When good days come, opportunities will come their way. My best wishes are for those who are still in Congress.”
“This is a time of crisis and such people should work hard, which will strengthen their credibility and prestige. The fragrance spreads on its own. When the opportunity comes, the leadership will surely give them a chance just like we got our chances,” he added.
Congress Presidential Election: Relations with Gandhi household will stay identical, says Ashok Gehlot
As voting within the Congress presidential polls bought underway on Monday, selecting between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor, Ashok Gehlot, as soon as a frontrunner for the submit, stated his relationship with the Gandhi household will be the “same for life”.
“Even after October 19, my relationship with the Gandhi family will remain the same as it has been for the last 50 years, I can say this with certainty,” he stated.Â
Gehlot was at the PCC workplace to solid his vote. Counting will happen on October 19.
“Vinoba Bhave had once said that his relationship with Gita Mata was beyond reason. I have the same relationship with the Gandhi family and it will be the same for life,” Gehlot informed reporters.
He was responding to questions on hypothesis round his relation with the Gandhi household within the wake of the presidential polls of the get together.
Gehlot was a frontrunner for the submit of the Congress president however political developments unfolded with the get together’s transfer to carry a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly at the chief minister’s residence on September 25.
It was seen as an train to vary the chief minister below the get together’s ‘one man, one submit’ line forward of its presidential polls.
The assembly, nevertheless, couldn’t happen as Gehlot loyalist MLAs held a parallel assembly and handed their resignation to Speaker C P Joshi to protest in opposition to any transfer to make Sachin Pilot the chief minister.
Later, Gehlot apologised to Sonia Gandhi in Delhi for not with the ability to get a decision handed within the CLP assembly and stated he wouldn’t be contesting the get together presidential election.
Following this, senior Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge filed nomination papers for the get together presidential election. Gehlot was amongst Kharge’s proposers.
On the political scenario within the state and the developments which happened not too long ago over the implementation of Congress’ ‘one man, one submit’ line, Gehlot stated Kharge would win the Congress president election and reply it.
