New Delhi: Playing down rumours of a contemporary tussle with fellow Congress chief Sachin Pilot over the distribution of tickets for the following Assembly elections, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday mentioned all get together leaders have been united forward of the essential electoral battle. With the Congress delaying the publication of its listing of candidates for the November 25 Assembly polls, rumours of a contemporary flare-up between CM Gehlot and his former deputy have been gaining floor.
However, taking part in down speculations of a rift, which might doubtlessly harm the ruling Congress within the ensuing polls, Gehlot mentioned at a press convention within the nationwide capital, “We are all united. I have not opposed any (prospective) candidate (from Pilot’s coterie).”
Expressing his want to step down as chief minister earlier than he rues or regrets his lack of ability to take action, Gehlot mentioned, “A woman once told me that, god willing, I should become the CM for the fourth time. I told her that I wish to step away as CM but the post is stuck with me.”
Taking a dig on the BJP, which is bidding to return to the hustings within the state, the Rajasthan CM mentioned the saffron get together is envious of the get together’s clean decision-making.
“The BJP can’t take it that there are no differences in the Congress with regard to the selection of candidates. They are wondering why no differences are cropping up in the Congress? I am sure you are asking about Sachin Pilot. All decisions are being made by everyone’s opinion on board. I am personally involved in the decision-making to ensure that the views and opinions of Sachin Pilot’s supporters are considered and incorporated,” he mentioned.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the Congress’s Central Election Committee (CEC) held a gathering to finalise candidates for the November 25 Assembly elections and people for the remaining seats in neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. The assembly was chaired by Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge at AICC headquarters within the nationwide capital.
CM Gehlot, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and different members of the get together’s election panel and the screening committees of poll-bound states have been additionally current within the assembly. The counting of votes for the 200-seat Rajasthan Assembly, together with these for 4 different poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
Congress emerged as the biggest single get together within the 2018 Assembly polls, with 101 seats, and fashioned the federal government with the help of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). While the BJP has already put out its first listing for the Rajasthan polls, which options as many as 7 sitting MPs, the Congress is but to return out with its listing of candidates.Â
