Emerging from a meeting of the Congress’s State Election Committee in Jaipur on August 19, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot exuded confidence about winning “with a heavy margin for a second term”.
He took a dig at the BJP’s central leaders making rounds of the State ahead of the Assembly election, saying the Opposition party seemed to have already surrendered before the polls. “The BJP is planning to fight the election in the face of the Prime Minister. This shows that they have already accepted defeat. Will they take decisions on the State’s issues sitting in Delhi?” Mr. Gehlot said.
The Congress will distribute tickets to the candidates after wide-ranging consultations by the members of the State Election Committee with the party leaders in the constituencies. The first list of candidates is likely to be released next month.
