Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot. (Image: @Ashok Gehlot/Twitter)
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has decided not to contest the Congress presidential elections in wake of the political showdown in his state over the past few days
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot received praise from an unlikely quarter after deciding not to contest the Congress presidential elections in wake of the political showdown in his state over the past few days. BJP leader Amit Malviya called Gehlot a “consummate politician” for saving himself from being “remote-controlled”.
On Twitter, the BJP leader listed out a few reasons why the chief minister was the better for pulling back from the race to become the national president of the grand old party.
Here are the reasons as tweeted shared by Malviya:
- Retained CM post
- Saved himself from the “embarrassment of being a remote controlled CP (Congress president)”
- “Checkmated” (Sachin) Pilot, again
- Keeps option of breaking the Congress in Rajasthan and contesting 2023
- Shred “aura of invincibility around SG (Sonia Gandhi)”.
Ashok Gehlot is a consummate politician:
– retained his CMship
– saved himself from the embarrassment of being a remote controlled CP
– checkmated Pilot, again
– keeps the option of breaking the Congress in Rajasthan and contesting 2023
– shred the aura of invincibility around SG— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 29, 2022
While the reason behind the sudden praise was not clear, Malviya said Gehlot had not only retained the post of CM but also saved himself from the embarrassment of becoming a remote-controlled Congress president, in an obvious dig at the Gandhis.
Malviya further said not only had Gehlot proven to be a consummate politician but he had “checkmated” Pilot yet again, in a reference to the government crisis in 2020 when the rebel leader challenged Gehlot for the post of CM and lost.
He further said Gehlot had managed to shred the “aura of invincibility” around interim party president Sonia Gandhi. Moreover, he “keeps the option of breaking the Congress in Rajasthan and contesting 2023 (assembly elections)”, Malviya added.
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