Support For Ashok Gehlot May Cost Key Aide Assembly Ticket: Sources
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A source said Sonia Gandhi asked how those who work against the party could be part of a list of probable candidates for the Rajasthan elections.
A 2022 episode of the Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot saga came back to haunt one of the Rajasthan chief minister's close aides when the Congress high command allegedly objected to his name figuring on the list of probable candidates for the state elections next month. When the minister's candidature came up, former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have asked how those who work against the party could feature in such a list.
Sources said that, apart from Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal, tickets for two other ministers may also be in jeopardy.
The Congress Central Election Committee which includes party president Mallikarjun Kharge and former presidents Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, met in New Delhi on Wednesday. It was given a list of probable candidates for the assembly polls by the screening committee, consisting of Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, among others.
