New Delhi: The battle for the upcoming Congress presidential ballot is getting extra intense because the occasion’s senior leaders Ashok Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor arrived in Delhi on Wednesday (September 21, 2022). While Gehlot, the Rajasthan chief minister, who has already indicated that he could enter the occasion’s presidential election fray, met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence, Tharoor, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, met the occasion’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry and enquired about the nomination formalities. Both the leaders are mentioned to be making ready to contest the All India Congress Committee (AICC) presidential ballot, for which, the election, if there may be a couple of candidate, will happen on October 17.
The developments come only a day forward of Congress’s central election authority issuing a notification for the AICC presidential election.
According to stories, the Congress presidential ballot was additionally on the agenda throughout the discussions between Gehlot and Sonia Gandhi. The Rajasthan chief minister is now more likely to attain Kochi (Kerala) on Thursday and make a final-ditch effort to persuade Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to take over the reins of the grand outdated occasion. Rahul is at present main his occasion’s 150-day lengthy “Bharat Jodo Yatra” in Kerala.
Talking to reporters after touchdown in Delhi from Jaipur, Gehlot, in a transparent indication that he may throw his hat within the ring for the Congress presidential ballot, mentioned he’ll file his nomination if the occasion individuals want so and fulfil any accountability given to him. The 71-12 months-outdated, nevertheless, additionally mentioned that he’ll make a final-ditch effort to persuade Rahul Gandhi to take up the occasion president’s put up.
“The party and the high command have given me everything. I have been on posts for 40-50 years. For me, no post is important, I will fulfil any responsibility given to me,” he mentioned.
जिन वर्तमान हालात में हम लोग चल रहे हैं, उसमें एक तरफ राहुल गांधी जी यात्रा कर रहे हैं, उस यात्रा से ही भारतीय जनता पार्टी में बेचैनी पैदा हो गई है, जो मुद्दे उन्होंने उठाए हैं महंगाई और बेरोजगारी के अलावा भी, देश के अंदर जो हालात बने हुए हैं, उसको लेकर पूरा मुल्क चिंतित है। pic.twitter.com/VZKljlQpR6
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) September 21, 2022
आज मुझे पार्टी ने सबकुछ दिया है, हाईकमान ने सबकुछ दिया है, पिछले 40 साल, 50 साल से मैं पदों पर ही हूं, मेरे लिए अब कोई पद इम्पोर्टेंट नहीं है, मेरे लिए है कि किस प्रकार से मैं जो भी जिम्मेदारी मिलेगी मुझे या जो जिम्मेदारी मुझे लेनी चाहिए, वो मैं निभाऊंगा।
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) September 21, 2022
On the opposite hand, Tharoor reached the AICC headquarters in Delhi and spoke to Mistry at his workplace.
Asked about his assembly with Tharoor, Mistry advised information company ANI that he cleared his enquiry on the voters’ record, election agent and the submitting of nomination.
“He (Tharoor) will be sending a person on (September) 24 to collect the (nomination) forms. He was satisfied,” Mistry mentioned.
The assembly was primarily about queries on formalities for submitting of nomination, he added.
Senior Congress chief and MP Shashi Tharoor meets Congress Central Election Authority chairman, Madhusudan Mistry.
(Source: AICC) pic.twitter.com/mK6Km9yyi5
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2022
#WATCH | We answered all his (Shashi Tharoor) queries concerning Congress Presidential election. We defined to him about electoral rule, variety of brokers & their roles, mentioned tips on how to fill out the shape for Election: Madhusudan Mistry, Cong Central Election Authority chairman pic.twitter.com/hVhkbFTooW
— ANI (@ANI) September 21, 2022
Earlier on Monday, Tharoor had additionally met Sonia Gandhi and had expressed his intention to contest the upcoming AICC chief polls, whereas the Congress president reportedly conveyed that she would keep “neutral” within the elections.
Congress models in Punjab, Telangana go resolutions looking for Rahul Gandhi as occasion president
Meanwhile, the Congress’ state models in Punjab and Telangana on Wednesday handed a decision backing Rahul Gandhi for the put up of the occasion president. Around a dozen Pradesh Congress Committees have to this point handed resolutions backing Gandhi as Congress chief, a put up he stop in 2019 after the Lok Sabha debacle.
After greater than 20 years, the grand outdated occasion is more likely to see a contest for the put up of its chief. The means of submitting nominations for the election can be held from September 24 to September 30.
The date for scrutiny of the nomination papers could be October 1, whereas the final date for withdrawal of nominations could be October 8.
The election, if there may be a couple of candidate, can be held on October 17, whereas the counting of votes, if mandatory, and the declaration of outcomes could be on October 19.
The occasion final noticed a contest for the put up in November 2000, when Jitendra Prasada had misplaced to Sonia Gandhi. Prior to that, Sitaram Kesri had defeated Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot in 1997.
(With company inputs)
