Gehlot be projected as the chief ministerial candidate<\/a> for the Congress. Gehlot himself backed him up andwhile talking to media persons in Udaipur recently, said that he had been the face of the party for 10 years, so what the need was for a new face.<\/p>\nThe controversy between state Congress\u2019s two biggest leaders is also drawing a divide among party workers. Many workers are raising their voice on the issue on social media channels openly.<\/p>\n
The debate has gone to such an extent that the office of state in-charge had to issue a press release saying that the election in Rajasthan will be fought under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n
Rajasthan incharge Avinash Pandey had earlier said a disciplinary action would be taken against Lalchand Kataria for project Gehlot as CM candidate. When media persons sought Gehlot\u2019s reaction to Pandey\u2019s statement, he first smiled and then said that party incharge must have said this in overenthusiasm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jaipur: The controversy over chief ministerial candidate in Rajasthan has reached the Congress high command. Apart from clarifying that the assembly election in Rajasthan will be fought under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, sources said leaders at the organization level are planning to send evidence such as video footages to the Congress president so that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[116,97,118],"yoast_head":"\n
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