The debate on ‘one man, one post’ is unnecessary, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday as he formally announced his candidature for the Congress presidential election since “nobody from the Gandhi family is contesting”.
Mr. Gehlot said the decision on finding his successor to head the Rajasthan government would be taken by party president Sonia Gandhi and Congress’s Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken.
Mr. Gehlot also added that once the presidential contest was over, all the leaders would work together to strengthen the party. “Given the situation in the country today, it’s important for the Opposition to become strong and I won’t spare any effort in trying to do so. I would want that all our Congress colleagues, even those who are contesting elections, work together to strengthen the party organisation at the block level, village, district and at the State level on the basis of our ideology,” he said.
