Jaipur: The Congress on Tuesday claimed there is no anti-incumbency against chief minister Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan and the party will buck the trend of alternating governments in the desert state.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi made the remarks after chairing a meeting of the party’s screening committee for Rajasthan in the presence of state leaders here.
Gogoi also accused the BJP of fielding its MPs in the state assembly polls out of fear of losing in the 2024 parliamentary polls, claiming there is a lot of anti-incumbency against them.
“There has been a tradition in Rajasthan for many years that the government changes every five years, but this time we have seen very closely that there is no anti-incumbency against the government and the chief minister.”
“This time the tradition is going to break and that is why the BJP is scared and has given tickets in the assembly polls to those MPs against whom there is a lot of opposition. There is big anti-incumbency as they know they are not going to win the Lok Sabha polls again,” the Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha said.
Gehlot, who is seeking to repeat his government in the state, also met former party chief Sonia Gandhi as also the party’s treasurer Ajay Maken. Gehlot, who was here to attend the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday, left the national capital for Rajasthan in the afternoon.
Rajasthan goes to polls on November 30 for the 200-member state assembly.
Asked about who would be the CM face in Rajasthan, Gogoi said the party would follow the tradition.
On when the party would declare its candidates, he alleged that the BJP knows all the news in advance about when the model code is going to be imposed and when the election schedule is going to be declared, hence their preparations are done accordingly.
“See, how much chemistry there is between the two when the elections are declared, the list is prepared,” he said.
“As far as the Congress party is concerned, we are fully active and fully prepared…we are going to win this election,” Gogoi said.
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Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi made the remarks after chairing a meeting of the party’s screening committee for Rajasthan in the presence of state leaders here.
Gogoi also accused the BJP of fielding its MPs in the state assembly polls out of fear of losing in the 2024 parliamentary polls, claiming there is a lot of anti-incumbency against them.
“There has been a tradition in Rajasthan for many years that the government changes every five years, but this time we have seen very closely that there is no anti-incumbency against the government and the chief minister.”
“This time the tradition is going to break and that is why the BJP is scared and has given tickets in the assembly polls to those MPs against whom there is a lot of opposition. There is big anti-incumbency as they know they are not going to win the Lok Sabha polls again,” the Congress deputy leader in Lok Sabha said.
Gehlot, who is seeking to repeat his government in the state, also met former party chief Sonia Gandhi as also the party’s treasurer Ajay Maken. Gehlot, who was here to attend the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday, left the national capital for Rajasthan in the afternoon.
Rajasthan goes to polls on November 30 for the 200-member state assembly.
Asked about who would be the CM face in Rajasthan, Gogoi said the party would follow the tradition.
On when the party would declare its candidates, he alleged that the BJP knows all the news in advance about when the model code is going to be imposed and when the election schedule is going to be declared, hence their preparations are done accordingly.
“See, how much chemistry there is between the two when the elections are declared, the list is prepared,” he said.
“As far as the Congress party is concerned, we are fully active and fully prepared…we are going to win this election,” Gogoi said.
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The upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan will see the Congress and BJP adopting new strategies. The BJP will not have Vasundhara Raje as its face, instead relying on other leaders such as Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Arjun Ram Meghwal. Meanwhile, the Congress is focusing on incumbent CM Ashok Gehlot and his government’s social welfare schemes. The party is banking on Gehlot’s popularity and wants to play the election entirely on his strengths. Both parties are bringing in new faces and sidelining loyalists in their bid to win the elections.
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