Senior Congress chief and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday declared that Rahul Gandhi would be the opposition’s prime minister candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, information company PTI reported.
Nath additionally praised the Wayanad MP for main the grand outdated get together’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and mentioned he isn’t doing politics for energy however for the widespread individuals of the nation. “Rahul Gandhi doesn’t do politics for energy, however for the individuals of the nation who make anybody sit in energy,” he mentioned.
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The previous Madhya Pradesh chief minister is the lone chief to have come ahead in favour of Rahul Gandhi’s candidature because the opposition face towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024.
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has lined practically 3,000 kilometres and is at present within the nationwide capital on a nine-day winter break. The march resumes on January 3 when it enters Ghaziabad’s Loni in Uttar Pradesh.
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Requested if there was any likelihood of Jyotiraditya Scindia’s return to the get together sooner or later, the 76-year-old Congress chief of Madhya Pradesh mentioned there was no place for “traitors” within the get together after they betrayed the organisation.
“I might not touch upon any particular person, however these ‘traitors’ who betrayed the get together and broke the belief of its staff, there isn’t any place for them within the organisation,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, former Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad, rejected speculations of him returning to Congress, this comes after a information report claimed that talks have been underway between him and a piece of grand outdated get together leaders.
Earlier within the day, a report by information company ANI claimed that Congress leaders Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ambika Soni had been assigned the accountability to bridge the hole between Azad and the Congress.
“I’m shocked to see the story filed by ANI correspondent about my rejoining in congress get together. Sadly such tales are being planted by a piece of leaders within the congress get together proper now and are doing this simply to demoralise my leaders and supporters”, Azad tweeted.
(With inputs from company)