Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, at the moment denied that Sonia Gandhi had supplied him the chief’s submit.

“I’m listening to this from the media. I don’t find out about this. I’m fulfilling duties which were assigned to me,” Gehlot advised reporters in Gujarat.

A report in The Hindu mentioned Sonia Gandhi, earlier than flying overseas for a medical check-up, spoke with Gehlot on Tuesday in a closed-door assembly and requested him to take over.

The Congress has to elect a brand new chief by September 20.

Rahul Gandhi has refused to return as Congress president after he stop over the get together’s defeat within the 2019 nationwide election. He has reportedly asserted that it’s time for a non-Gandhi to step up.

Sonia Gandhi has mentioned she will’t proceed within the position due to her poor well being.

Amid hypothesis that he leads the record of the “non-Gandhi” choices earlier than the get together, Gehlot had mentioned earlier this week that Rahul Gandhi should respect the emotions of Congress staff and settle for the highest submit.

“If Rahul Gandhi doesn’t change into the get together president, it is going to be a disappointment for the Congressmen within the nation. Many individuals will sit at residence and we are going to undergo. He (Rahul Gandhi) ought to settle for this submit by himself, understanding the emotions of the frequent Congress individuals within the nation,” mentioned Gehlot, whose identify can be in circulation because the get together seems to be for a non-Gandhi choice for the highest submit.

“The unanimous opinion is in help of his changing into the president. So, I believe he ought to settle for it. It’s not about Gandhi or non-Gandhi household. It’s the work of the organisation and nobody is changing into a main minister,” he mentioned.

The Congress is already working just a few days late to begin its inside election. The schedule could also be introduced later this week after a gathering of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), which can be attended nearly by Sonia Gandhi.

For nearly 1 / 4 of a century, the Congress has been led by a Gandhi – both Sonia Gandhi or her son Rahul.