Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states met Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday in Delhi. He appealed to not to resign from the post of party president. However, Rahul Gandhi did not give any special indication in this meeting too.
Five Chief ministers of the five states to persuade Rahul Gandhi to resign as Congress president. Meanwhile, the Chief Ministers asked Rahul Gandhi not to feel responsible for the defeat. Chief ministers of Punjab, Capt Amarinder Singh, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy were among the Chief Ministers who met Rahul Gandhi. He met the Congress President at his residence and urged him not to resign in the party interest. Now what Rahul Gandhi decides next, it will be a matter of seeing.
Rahul Gandhi had expressed his sorrow over the resignation of Congress chief from a CM or a state president last week after resigning. Since then, there has been a flurry of the resignation of Congress officials. It was believed that the chief ministers of Congress-ruled states could offer a resignation before Rahul Gandhi. But, there is no such information. Talking to Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the meeting was very good. We have talked for about two hours. He said that we have conveyed to Rahul Gandhi the sentiments of Congress leaders and activists and supporters. I think Congress President will understand our feelings and make the right decisions.
Ashok Gehlot attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in response to the questions of journalists and said that he used Army's name to win in the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi made politics in the name of the army and made it a way to win elections. He surrounded the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that in order to win the elections, he misled the countrymen in the name of patriotism. He said that Narendra Modi tried to mislead the people in politics and misguided the whole election. They did not name development, economy and unemployment anywhere.
Even as Rahul Gandhi's Congress President, Ashok Gehlot has given a statement. (Photo: Twitter)
Ashok Gehlot said that Rahul Gandhi is Congress President and will remain. This is the sentiment of Congress leaders and workers and they have been conveyed with this sentiment. In fact, taking the responsibility of losing the party on May 25, two days after Rahul Gandhi declared the election results of the Lok Sabha, he had offered to resign from the post before the Congress Working Committee of the highest policymaker. The Working Committee had urged him not to leave the post in his voice, but Rahul is still stuck on his resignation. However, till late evening, a discussion of the name of Sushil Kumar Shinde for the post of Congress has begun. On the issue of offering the resignation of Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot said that the resignation of the Chief Minister was given only on election day on election day. The party high command has to decide on this.
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