Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, along with AICC general secretary for Rajasthan Ajay Maken, was appointed observer by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to attend a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in Rajasthan on Sunday evening to discuss a new chief ministerial candidate, party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal tweeted late on Saturday.
The meeting comes a day after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who is contesting the Congress presidential polls, said his successor to head the Rajasthan government will be decided by Ms. Gandhi and Mr. Maken.
The party’s high command, including former party chief Rahul Gandhi, had made it clear that the “one man, one post” principle, adopted in the Udaipur Declaration, has to be followed. Sunday’s CLP meeting is likely to decide the next leader to succeed Mr. Gehlot as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
