Amid an ongoing tussle within the Congress, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday stated there isn’t any substitute for expertise at any degree and instructed that younger leaders ought to have persistence as they’d get their possibilities when the time comes.
He additionally stated his equation with the Gandhi household will stay the identical because it has been for the final 50 years.
Speaking to reporters on the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) workplace right here after casting his vote within the celebration’s presidential ballot, Gehlot expressed confidence that Mallikarjun Kharge will win the election and infuse a brand new life within the organisation.
With out naming Sachin Pilot, with whom he’s concerned in a tussle over the chief minister’s put up and the celebration management within the state, Gehlot stated younger leaders who’re nonetheless within the Congress ought to work exhausting and when the time comes, the central management will give them an opportunity similar to he and different leaders acquired their possibilities. “Work will get carried out by expertise. Kids can put in exhausting work, however there isn’t any substitute for expertise, whether or not it’s on the village, city, district, state or nationwide degree,” the veteran chief stated.
He known as leaders reminiscent of Jyotiraditya Scindia, R P N Singh and Jitin Parsada, who left the Congress to affix the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), “opportunists” and identified that every one of them grew to become Union ministers at a younger age. “Those that left the Congress are opportunistic individuals. They acquired an opportunity to turn out to be Union ministers at a younger age. They acquired it with none battle. Whether or not it’s Scindiaji, Jitin Prasadaji or R P N Singhji,” he stated.
Requested about these creating an unrest throughout the Congress, Gehlot, with out naming anybody, stated, “The message for them is that we labored for the celebration when it was confronted with many challenges, once we misplaced elections. When good days come, alternatives will come their manner. My greatest needs are for many who are nonetheless within the Congress.” “This can be a time of disaster and such individuals ought to work exhausting, which is able to strengthen their credibility and status. Perfume spreads by itself. When the chance comes, the management will certainly give them an opportunity similar to we acquired our possibilities,” he added.
Responding to questions on the hypothesis round his equation with the Gandhi household forward the Congress presidential ballot, Gehlot, as soon as a frontrunner for the put up, stated his ties with the household would be the “identical for all times”. “Even after October 19, my relation with the Gandhi household will stay the identical because it has been for the final 50 years. I can say this with certainty,” he stated.
“Vinoba Bhave had as soon as stated his relationship with Gita Mata was past purpose. I’ve the same relationship with the Gandhi household and it’ll stay like that for all times,” Gehlot stated.
Gehlot was a frontrunner for the Congress president’s put up however there have been subsequent political developments in Rajasthan with a Congress Legislature Celebration (CLP) assembly held on the chief minister’s residence right here on September 25.
It was seen as an train to interchange Gehlot because the Rajasthan chief minister with Pilot, consistent with the celebration’s “one man, one put up” coverage.
The assembly, nonetheless, couldn’t happen because the MLAs loyal to Gehlot held a separate meet and submitted their resignation letters to Meeting Speaker C P Joshi, in protest in opposition to any transfer to nominate Pilot to the highest put up.
Gehlot subsequently apologised to Sonia Gandhi in Delhi for not with the ability to get a decision handed on the CLP assembly and stated he wouldn’t be contesting the celebration’s presidential ballot, following which Kharge filed his nomination.
Kharge is pitted in opposition to Shashi Tharoor within the Congress presidential ballot, the outcomes of which might be declared on October 19.
On the prevailing political state of affairs in Rajsthan and the current developments over the implementation of the Congress’s “one man, one put up” coverage, Gehlot stated Kharge would win the celebration’s presidential ballot and reply these questions.
Gehlot and Pilot had been at loggerheads over the chief minister’s put up when the Congress got here to energy in Rajasthan in December 2018. Gehlot was appointed to the highest put up, whereas Pilot was made his deputy.
In July 2020, Pilot, together with 18 different MLAs, rebelled in opposition to Gehlot’s management, which price him the posts of deputy chief minister and state Congress chief.
Gehlot was profitable in saving his authorities throughout the month-long disaster.