Shashi Tharoor meets Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Delhi on Sunday and discussed party’s future as well as the upcoming AICC president polls, sources said.
The meeting comes amid both leaders being seen as prospective contenders for the post of AICC president.
Sources said the two leaders discussed the party’s future going ahead as well as the upcoming polls for the post of All India Congress Committee (AICC) president during their meeting that lasted for about half-an-hour.
Gehlot last week had sought to play down reports about him being the frontrunner for the Congress president’s post and said efforts will be made till the last minute to persuade Rahul Gandhi to take over the reins of the party again.
Tharoor has said he would decide whether to throw his hat in the ring for the Congress president polls only after the election notification comes out.
Both Gehlot and Mr Tharoor were present at the party’s ‘Mehengai Par Halla Bol’ rally at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.