Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot declares Rahul Gandhi because the PM candidate of Congress in 2024

On Saturday, August 26, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot introduced that Rahul Gandhi is the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. CM Gehlot claimed that Rahul Gandhi was determined because the chief of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc by all of the 26 opposition events after holding discussions on this regard.

Speaking to India Today, Gehlot stated that the opposition events have determined to make Rahul Gandhi their prime ministerial candidate. He added that sure native components play a vital position, nonetheless, the general public has created a lot strain compelling all of the events against the ruling BJP-led authorities to type an alliance.

Gehlot additionally acknowledged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi shouldn’t be “arrogant.” “PM Modi should not be arrogant, given that the BJP won power with only 31% of the vote in 2014. The other 69% were against him,” he continued whereas speaking concerning the 2014 elections.

Gehlot additionally claimed that the NDA was “scared” when the I.N.D.I.A. coalition events met in Bengaluru in July this 12 months.

When requested about claims that the NDA is planning to win 50% of the vote within the 2024 common election, he responded, “PM Modi will never be able to achieve that. When Modi was at his peak popularity, he couldn’t get 50% of the vote. His vote share would fall, and the outcome of the 2024 elections will determine who becomes Prime Minister”, Gehlot stated.

The Gandhi household loyalist didn’t cease right here, as he went on to say that the BJP might win the 2014 elections solely due to Congress.

Meanwhile, BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated that Congress has made a wise transfer by positioning Rahul Gandhi because the face of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc. He added that Rahul Gandhi’s title because the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate is pushed on the behest of the Gandhi household.

Taking to X (previously referred to as Twitter), Poonawalla raised questions over the place the opposite PM aspirants like Nitish Kumar, Sharad Pawar, and Mamata Banerjee stand since Congress has unilaterally declared Rahul Gandhi because the PM candidate. He additionally identified that the Aam Aadmi Party has already opposed the thought of projecting Rahul Gandhi as a ‘united’ opposition face towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In previous few days, Congress has very neatly, earlier than the Mumbai assembly positioned Rahul Gandhi as the primary face of the alliance. Both Baghel & Gehlot, with the assent of the first household, have acknowledged this.

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— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) August 27, 2023

“Even though there is no vacancy in 2024, the mere projection of Rahul over others pretty much settles the fact that Congress considers Rahul to be above Mamata, Sharad Pawar, Nitish & Arvind Kejriwal – all of whom have served or are serving as CMs !!” Poonawalla posted.