Senior Congress chief Digvijaya Singh could contest the October 17 election for the get together president’s publish, sources stated. He’s anticipated to succeed in Delhi tonight, sources added.
Singh’s possible entry within the race comes at a time when the Congress management kind of not eager on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot contesting the get together presidential election after the occasions that unfolded in Jaipur on Sunday.
With simply two days left for the nomination course of to shut, the management is making an attempt to navigate the state of affairs regardless of professing neutrality within the occasion of a contest. 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.
In the meantime, Gehlot will meet the Congress excessive command in New Delhi on Wednesday amid suspense over whether or not he’ll file nomination for the publish of get together president. The Chief Minister is predicted to board a particular flight for New Delhi. Forward of his go to, some ministers and MLAs turned up Gehlot’s home to satisfy him.
“The Chief Minister goes to Delhi at 5-5.30 pm right this moment to specific the emotions of 102 MLAs, as their guardian, with the get together management and organisation,” cupboard minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas informed reporters after a gathering with the CM.
With the developments in Jaipur on Sunday denting Gehlot’s bid for the Congress presidency, the names of a number of leaders akin 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.
On Sunday afternoon, because the Congress excessive command’s inclination at hand over the chief ministership in Rajasthan to Pilot turned obvious, Gehlot loyalist MLAs went right into a huddle to register their opposition. The MLAs began trickling into the Hospital Highway residence of Cupboard Minister Shanti Dhariwal the place they agreed on submitting their resignation to Meeting Speaker C P Joshi – signalling their protest towards Pilot’s title, as a substitute of going to the Congress Legislative Occasion (CLP) assembly on the CM’s residence.
Final week, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had despatched a transparent message to Gehlot: that he can’t hope to stay Rajasthan Chief Minister if he’s elected as Congress president.