Rahul Gandhi firm on resigning; Gehlot may be new Congress chief: Report
Rajasthan
Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot may be
appointed party president, said a report in the Navbharart Times. The
Hindi daily says that the grand old party has made forced to do this
after the current President, Rahul
Gandhi
remained adamant on resigning after the party's poor showing in
general elections. Gehlot has been asked to be prepared to take up
the role, the report said.
This
comes in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's refusal to withdraw his
resignation from the post of Congress party chief. Various party
leaders have exhorted him to continue as party president but he has
been firm on resigning, the report said. If Ashok Gehlot becomes the
new party chief, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot may
become the CM of the state, it added.Ashok Gehlot met the Congress President on his birthday yesterday at the party headquarter and urged him to remain the party chief in the interests of his country and people. Mr Gehlot said, "Rahul Gandhi took the fight against the Narendra Modi government for the last five years on issues of uenmployment and youths."
Gehlot had earlier been the general secretary in-charge of the organisation for the party before he became the Rajasthan chief minister. Read More
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