Gehlot out of Cong's Chief race, Mallikarjun Kharge, Venugopal, Digvijaya to contest for post
New Delhi: Several media reports including India Today on Monday reported Rajasthan Chief Minister and aspirant of Congress’ chief post Ashok Gehlot was out of the race for the party’s presidential polls.
The development comes a day after the Congress MLAs in Rajasthan, supporting Gehlot threatened to resign amidst speculations of another party leader Sachin Pilot replacing Gehlot as the next CM of the state.
With this, media reports claimed senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Digvijaya Singh and KC Venugopal will be contesting the polls that will elect the new party president.
"He (Ashok Gehlot) is out of the Congress presidential race. There will be other leaders who will file the nomination before September 30. Mukul Wasnik, Mallikarjun Kharge, Digvijaya Singh, KC Venugopal in the race," a Congress leader was quoted as saying by India Today.
"The way Gehlot behaved hasn’t gone down well with the party leadership. They are very upset with him,” said another leader who is a CWC member.
Drama knew no bounds since Sunday evening after 82 Rajasthan MLAs, who are Gehlot's loyalists, tendered their resignation. They stated that the decision to induct the Rajashtan CM, in the case where Gehlot was elected as the party chief, should be carried out with the support of the party legislators. Referring to Sachin Pilot, they said that they did not perceive him as a leader who they could communicate with, the India Today report added.
Meanwhile, the BJP alleged bias in the approach of the Congress and referred to the history of the party. Ami Malviya raised the question of differential treatment for Gehlot. He said, "Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, both held the position of Prime Minister and Congress President at the same time. Ashok Gehlot just wants to be Chief Minister along with being the Congress President, if elected. Why should there be different standards for the Gandhis and the rest?"
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
