: Sunday, June 07, 2026 6:55 PM
Jaipur. Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has suddenly come into limelight due to one of his statements. Ashok Gehlot has once again raised the issue when he was about to become the national president of Congress. Actually, Ashok Gehlot says that it had been decided to elect him as the President of Congress, but due to a conspiracy everything changed and he ended up becoming the President of the party. He says that even today people are not aware of this truth. A few years ago, there was to be an election for the post of President in Congress. At that time the Congress leadership had expressed its intention to make Ashok Gehlot the party president. Although Ashok Gehlot claims that he was also fully prepared to become the President of Congress, but as soon as the party sent observers to Rajasthan, the situation changed rapidly. Gehlot says that a conspiracy was hatched against him, due to which he could not become the president. Whereas even today people know that in order to remain the Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot refused to become the President of Congress. Ashok Gehlot said that I was becoming Congress President, I am not illiterate. I am also educated. I know the post of Congress President, where Mahatma Gandhi has been the President, Pandit Nehru has been there, Motilal Nehru has been there, who has not been there? Had Sardar Patel been there, would I refuse that honour?
He said that she made the situation like this, that too was a conspiracy in my opinion. I think it was a big conspiracy. Suddenly observers came, suddenly a drama happened, I became infamous. People in India think that Ashok Gehlot had to remain the Chief Minister and not become the Congress President, that is why the revolt took place. The only thing that is in everyone’s mind is that Ashok Gehlot had to remain the Chief Minister and hence he got the revolt done. Now how do I explain to them? The whole country knows that I wanted to remain the Chief Minister and I got a revolt done.
He said that the media which had spread things, I remained silent, and I remained silent also because I had to tell Sonia Gandhi that whether it was a rebellion against Sachin Pilot or what, I did not care. Today I have come only because I was the leader of the legislative party. Observers had come from AICC, and AICC observers have meaning. Be it Kharge Saheb or Ajay Maken ji, I could not get the motion passed. I went and felt sorry in front of madam that I was the leader of the legislative party. The party has given me everything, but if this situation arises even after that then I am sorry. This was the thing.
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