Playing down the rift with his former deputy Sachin Pilot, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said such differences crop up in every state but all Congress leaders were not working unitedly to ensure that the party is voted back in the desert state.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge heaped praise on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and alleged that the BJP was misusing government agencies like the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In its Sunday list, the party denied a ticket to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's loyalist and Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Dharmendra Rathore.
CM Ashok Gehlot said, "BJP is nowhere in Rajasthan. It is Congress vs ED in Rajasthan. ED is after us, and summoned my son to Delhi. No case, no complaint, no FIR...Those making false complaints are from the BJP...ED and CBI are being used to topple governments; they (the BJP) are fighting v
Following the Enforcement Directorate crackdown on several Opposition parties, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took a dig at the ED by likening it to a "locust swarm from Pakistan."
Meanwhile, the party sources said that the suspense continuous on the seats of Congress leaders Shanti Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi and Dharmendra Rathore, the close aides of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who were served notice from the disciplinary committee of the AICC.
Party sources further informed that Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal and Mahesh Joshi who are close aides of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot are most likely to be "dropped" from the list of Candidates this time.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a case under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA).
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday expressed grief over the killing of seven family members in a road accident in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh, which took place late Saturday night.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced five guarantees ahead of the state Assembly polls that include free laptops and tablets for first-year government college students, implementation of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) through law and Rs 15 lakh insurance cover for losses incurred du