With the Congress management kind of not eager on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot contesting the occasion presidential election after the occasions that unfolded in Jaipur on Sunday, a way of uncertainty has gripped the occasion over the competition. With simply three days left for the nomination course of to shut, the management is making an attempt to navigate the scenario regardless of professing neutrality within the occasion of a contest.
In keeping with sources, senior Congress chief A Okay Antony has been known as to Delhi for discussions. Whereas sources near Antony mentioned the 81-year-old veteran wouldn’t contest, his arrival in Delhi tonight is a sign that Congress president Sonia Gandhi is reaching out to senior leaders to discover a means out. On Monday, she held talks with veteran chief Kamal Nath who just isn’t eager to depart Madhya Pradesh.
Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has declared he’ll contest for the highest publish and can file his nomination papers on September 30, the day nominations shut. The primary indication that there is no such thing as a readability on who will take him on and {that a} consensus may very well be reached, maybe on the final minute, grew to become clear with All India Congress Committee (AICC) treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal amassing two units of nomination papers on Monday.
Bansal instructed The Indian Categorical he had collected the shape as a proposer for another person. Requested who the candidate can be, he mentioned, “It’s going to change into clear quickly.”
The Congress chief went on to say, “I took the kinds yesterday earlier than I left Delhi for Chandigarh. I’m returning to Delhi tonight. And I cannot be going to Chandigarh for the subsequent few days. So I’ve taken the kinds and given them to Chandigarh Congress president Harmohinder Singh Fortunate after signing as one of many proposers. I’ve taken it on behalf of the Chandigarh Congress president. Because the delegates can’t come to Delhi … they’ll signal the kinds as supporters.”
“We’ve taken kinds final time additionally when Rahul Gandhi had contested,” he added.
In the meantime, Congress Central Election Authority’s head Madhusudan Mistry met Sonia Gandhi together with AICC knowledge analytics division’s chairperson Praveen Chakravarty and AICC secretary B P Singh. They gave her the ultimate checklist of PCC delegates — who kind the electoral school for the Congress presidential election — and her QR-coded id card.
With the developments in Jaipur on Sunday denting Gehlot’s bid for the Congress presidency, the names of a number of leaders similar to Mallikarjun Kharge, Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh, Mukul Wasnik, and Sushil Kumar Shinde are doing the rounds as possible candidates. The Congress management has additionally summoned Sachin Pilot to Delhi to debate the developments in Rajasthan.