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Will Ashok Gehlot lose Rajasthan CM’s post?

NEW DELHI: After meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot announced that he would not contest the election for the party chief’s post. After having lost the trust of the organisation’s high command, it is also likely that he may have to wash his hands…

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Ashok Gehlot Opts Out Of The Race For Congress President

Gehlot, who was the front runner in the race before a rebellion by his supporters in Rajasthan, said he apologised to Sonia Gandhi that he could not get a resolution passed despite being the Chief Minister. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sonia Gandhi likely to meet Ashok Gehlot; Digvijaya Singh sets eyes on Congress president election

Former Madhya Pradesh CM is likely to file his nomination for the presidential elections in the Congress party on Thursday

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Fatehabad opposition rally: Can ‘third front’ transform into ‘main front’?

On any other day, the town of Fatehabad in Haryana would be an unlikely venue for an opposition rally meant for national messaging. That wasn’t the case last Sunday, September 25, when leaders from a few parties united at Fatehabad on the invitation of Om Prakash Chautala, head of the…

Newslaundry

Three Ashok Gehlot loyalists get notice; no clarity on Congress president poll

With just three days left for filing of nominations, there is talk of a ‘Plan B’ among Gandhi family supporters; so far, only Shashi Tharoor and party treasurer Pawan Bansal have collected nomination forms

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Pawan Bansal got Congress presidential poll forms collected, may be for someone else: Madhusudan Mistry

Pawan Bansal, however, later said he was ‘not in the race for party president’s post’

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Shivakumar launched PayCM campaign only to insult Siddaramaiah, says Kateel

The KPCC president will one day reveal how much money Sonia Gandhi received from the former Chief Minister: State BJP president

The Hindu

Tharoor faces a steep challenge in winning KPCC votes in AICC presidential polls

Gandhi family's favour eludes potential candidates

The Hindu

How Rajasthan political crisis robs Congress of claims about Bharat Jodo Yatra

NEW DELHI: Soon after the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra was launched on September 7, the party has been accusing its rival BJP of “headline management” in a bid to divert the people’s attention from the ambitious programme. However, the political crisis in Rajasthan following the defiance by MLAs loyal to…

The Times of India

‘Loss of face’: What today's papers said about the crisis in Rajasthan Congress

Just as it seemed that Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot was getting chummy with the Congress party’s higher-ups, things took quite a turn on Sunday when a group of nearly 90 MLAs in the state resigned in a show of solidarity with Gehlot.

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Independent MLAs in Rajasthan played crucial role in Sunday’s events

The Congress Legislature Party meeting was cancelled after many threatened to quit

The Hindu

Congress presidential poll: Shashi Tharoor exudes confidence, set to file nomination papers on Friday

Tharoor says he has the support of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

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India's Congress party likely to get first non-Gandhi chief in 25 years

India's main opposition Congress party is likely to elect a new party president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years, as it looks for a reset ahead of the next election to compete with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Rajasthan: Congress has never allowed 'conditional resolutions', says Maken over Party MLAs rebellion

The meeting of the CLP was scheduled with the approval of the Chief Minister at his residence. For those MLAs who did not turn up, we had been saying that we are here to hear everybody's issues. We will listen to their issues one-to-one. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Congress presidential poll | Shashi Tharoor exudes confidence, set to file nomination papers on Friday

Tharoor says he has the support of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

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Rajasthan political crisis: Congress observers to return to Delhi today, submit report to top leadership

With miffed party MLAs unwilling to meet with the observers, sources said that the next step will be decided by observers of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) after a discussion with the party's high command. Read more on Dynamite News

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Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar meet Sonia Gandhi

This was Mr. Kumar's first meeting with Ms. Gandhi since he severed ties with the BJP.

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A battle of opposites for Congress president's post

while Ashok Gehlot is a hardcore politician who is known to eat, sleep and breathe politics, Shashi Tharoor is a man of many parts — an author, politician, and a former international civil servant — straddling several worlds of experience

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At least 92 Rajasthan MLAs threaten to quit if Sachin Pilot is made CM

Congress Legislature party meeting fails to take place as Gehlot loyalists say ‘anyone responsible for the failed 2020 coup’ against the current CM should not be given the reins of the government

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Congress Legislature Party in Rajasthan to meet on Sept. 25

Mallikarjun Kharge appointed observer by Sonia Gandhi to attend the discussions that will likely be on a new chief ministerial candidate to replace Ashok Gehlot, who is contesting the party president election

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Tharoor set to file papers this week

In the middle of electoral process, Sonia Gandhi meets Anand Sharma

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The wizard of politics | Ashok Gehlot

The Rajasthan Chief Minister, who could succeed Sonia Gandhi as the Congress president, faces an uphill task of turning around the prospects of a party weakened by defections, divisions and back-to-back electoral defeats

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RJD chief Lalu Prasad slams Home Minister Shah for attacking Bihar govt

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Mr. Prasad are likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday evening.

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