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The Congress occasion in Rajasthan has known as for a gathering with all its MLAs at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s residence in Jaipur on Sunday, September 25 night by which a decision can be handed relating to the change of management in Rajasthan. The meet comes amid the excitement that Ashok Gehlot may move on his CM chair to Sachin Pilot whereas he took cost as Congress president.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot can be possible to resign from his put up earlier than submitting his nomination for the Congress President ballot and it is extremely a lot possible {that a} decision can be handed that call on change of face in Rajasthan can be taken by the Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) answerable for Rajasthan Ajay Maken, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge can be current within the assembly which is scheduled to be held at 7 pm on Sunday.
Earlier on Saturday, Ajay Maken had a gathering with Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi. AICC basic secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal mentioned the Congress president had appointed Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken as observers for the Rajasthan CLP assembly to be held on Sunday at 7 pm in Jaipur.
“Congress President has appointed Mallikarjun Kharge as Observer along with Ajay Maken, Gen. Secretary AICC, Incharge of Rajasthan, to attend the meeting of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly slated to be held on 25th September at 7 pm,” Venugopal mentioned in a tweet.
Filing of nominations for the put up of Congress president started on Saturday with a contest between Ashok Gehlot and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on the playing cards.
The nominations can be filed until September 30 and outcomes declaring the brand new Congress chief can be introduced on October 19. This would be the first time in 25 years that Congress will see a non-Gandhi chief after Sonia Gandhi changed Sitaraman Kesri as occasion chief in 1998.
The final time the occasion had a non-Gandhi chief was in 1997 when Sitaram Kesri defeated Sharad Pawar and Rajesh Pilot.
Chairman of Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistri can be out there in Congress headquarters within the nationwide capital to take the nomination papers as returning officer of the election. Gehlot had earlier made it clear that there can be no candidate from the Gandhi household this time.
Speaking to ANI Gehlot mentioned, “I have requested him (Congress MP Rahul Gandhi) multiple times to accept everyone’s proposal of becoming the Congress President. He clarified that no one from the Gandhi family should become the next chief.”
Till now, Gehlot has made it clear publically that he’ll contest the elections, whereas one other identify that’s probably to give him a contest is Shashi Tharoor who can be within the fray and had met Madhusudan Mistri.
(With ANI Inputs)
