Amid speculation that Ashok Gehlot will file his nomination for the post of Congress president, the Rajasthan Chief Minister has called a meeting of Congress MLAs in Jaipur tonight. The meeting comes ahead of his planned visit to Delhi on Wednesday.
The Congress Legislature Party meeting will begin at the CM’s residence at 10 pm, after a dinner being hosted there for Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, ruling party sources said. Notably, Sachin Pilot, who is in Kerala for Rahul Gandhi’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra” will be a prominent absentee at this meeting.
The 71-year-old chief minister has been the Gandhis choice to take up the job of Congress president, but the former has reportedly been reluctant to give up the CM post, which will most likely go into Pilot’s kitty if Gehlot becomes a full-time party chief.
For the Congress president election, candidates can file nominations between September 24 and 30 and the last date of withdrawal is October 8. The date of election, if needed, will be October 17, 2022, from 10 am to 4 pm, and the date of counting and declaration of result, if needed, will be October 19, 2022.
