The congress high command has been busy with discussions amid clamors not to make ashok gehlot the party's presidential candidate, who has been blamed for the party's line moves that have put the party in crisis. election Authority Chairman madhusudan mistry met congress president sonia gandhi and reviewed the election preparations. A detailed report on the political situation in rajasthan was handed over to sonia by AICC observers mallikarjun Kharge and ajay Maken.
Sachin Pilot threatened to submit nomination papers if Gehlot was not excluded from the congress presidential candidature. Gehlot insulted the high command and the party and should be excluded from the presidential candidacy With the members of the working committee also taking a strong stand, the high command was cut off. Sachin had informed his supporters that he would submit his nomination papers in the presidential election if Gehlot, who blocked his path to the post of the chief minister, became a candidate.
Senior bjp leader Satish Poonia responded to the national media that the bjp has opened its doors for Sachin and if Sachin decides to join the bjp, he will immediately take a decision on the issue of bjp central leadership. sonia gandhi is trying to make the future bright for her children and Gehlot for his son and that it is nepotistic politics. bjp spokesperson R.P. Singh responded. R.P. Gehlot came out with a dramatic move because his son Vaibhav Gehlot is a threat if sachin pilot becomes the chief minister of Rajasthan. Singh responded. RP said that the MLAs were stirred up to secure his and his son's political future. Singh alleged.
Sources in the party said that the final decision in the matter of Gehlot rests with sonia gandhi and efforts are on to resolve the issue amicably. mallikarjun Kharge, Digvijay Singh, Mukul Wasnik, Kamal Nath, Sushil Kumar Shinde and pawan kumar Bansal may be considered if sonia takes the drastic step of dropping Gehlot. Bansal received two sets of nomination papers from the election commission yesterday but it is not clear for whom. The last date for submission of the paper is Friday. Digvijay Singh is likely to be left out as he leads the Bharat Jodo tour. If we consider leaders from Scheduled Castes, Mukul Wasni, mallikarjun Kharge or Sushil Kumar Shinde may come. At the same time, AICC observers mallikarjun Kharge and ajay Maken informed sonia gandhi that the events that took place in rajasthan were with the knowledge of Gelot and were a violation of discipline.
The high command did not believe Gehlot's claim that he was not involved in the action of 92 MLAs who boycotted the legislative party meeting in jaipur and held a parallel meeting on sunday night. It was Gehlot who fixed the time and place of the assembly party meeting and the MLAs did not attend it party sources said that it is difficult to accept the claim of innocence. ajay Maken, the in-charge general secretary of the state, had stated that there was a serious breach of discipline by the MLAs.
