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Did Ashok Gehlot just show the Gandhi family’s hold on the Congress is slipping?

The possible recasting of the equation between a provincial heavyweight and the party headquarters is one of the more striking subtexts of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s decision to pull out of the race for Congress president. Far more significant than the undermining of the high command’s writ is the…

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What happens when the Rajasthan Congress crisis lands up at Sonia Gandhi’s doorstep?

A black Innova with four occupants snailed towards a video journalist, standing across the road in front of Congress working president Sonia Gandhi’s official residence in Lutyens’ Delhi, at 5.30 pm on Thursday. With all cameras turned towards Gandhi’s house, a man on the front seat necked out and entreated…

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Malayala Manorama photographer's click sparks speculation about Ashok Gehlot’s case against Sachin Pilot

A photograph by Malayala Manorama photographer J Suresh has triggered speculation that Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot brought a list of “charges” against his former deputy, Sachin Pilot, to a meeting with party president Sonia Gandhi.

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Mallikarjun Kharge, Shashi Tharoor among three Congress president poll contestants

Digvijaya Singh opts out in favour of 80-year-old Kharge, whose name was proposed by party veterans, including Antony, Gehlot; Former Jharkhand Minister K. N. Tripathi is third candidate

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Digvijaya Singh opts out of Cong prez race, to back Mallikarjun Kharge

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday announced that he will not contest the party president's election and would instead propose the candidature of his senior Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Congress President Election: Mallikarjun Kharge Likely To File Nomination For Congress Chief Post Today

The contest for the post will then be likely to be between Kharge, Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor. Read more on Dynamite News:

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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

The Hindu

Rajasthan political crisis: How BJP, Congress CMs reacted on getting replaced

NEW DELHI: The Congress is facing rebellion while replacing Ashok Gehlot as the Rajasthan chief minister. The change of guard in Punjab last year, coincidentally in September itself, was also not without internal rumblings. In contrast, the BJP has replaced as many as six CMs in five states in less…

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Morning Digest | PFI and 8 affiliates banned for 5 years under UAPA; Congress issues notices to three Gehlot loyalists, and more

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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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Congress presidential poll | ‘Too junior’ says Chhattisgarh CM Baghel, ruling himself out of the race

Bhupesh Baghel says Congress presidential election process is more democratic than that of the BJP

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Rajasthan Congress MLA questions Ashok Gehlot’s leadership capacity

Divya Maderna says the Chief Minister failed to summon the errant legislators to the CLP meet

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Up to Sachin Pilot to decide his future, says Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia

“We are very clear, we will wait for 2023 polls. We have a year left and are in preparation for polls”, says Poonia

The Times of India

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…

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‘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

BJP adopts ‘wait and watch’ policy on Rajasthan Congress developments

No ‘active’ action being contemplated by BJP towards any kind of government formation efforts

The Times of India

Congress president election: Is Rajasthan going the Punjab way?

NEW DELHI: Instability has come back to haunt the Congress in Rajasthan after two years. The Congress leadership’s move to replace Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi in September last year as the Punjab CM a few months before the state poll had cost it dear. Its similar bid to…

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Take out 'Congress Jodo Yatra' first: AAP's dig over Rajasthan political crisis

The Congress in Rajasthan plunged into a crisis as several MLAs loyal to Ashok Gehlot resigned over a possible move to appoint Sachin Pilot as Mr. Gehlot's successor

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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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In Rajasthan, 92 MLAs threaten to resign if Sachin Pilot is made CM

In a full-blown crisis for the ruling Congress in Rajasthan, 92 MLAs of the party and its allies thr

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