Sonia saved Gehlot within the Gehlot-Pilot conflict, now Gehlot is saving Sonia from shedding her chair to Anand Sharma

Ashok Gehlot continues to take a seat on the chair of Rajasthan’s Chief Minister just because he’s within the good books of interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who throughout the tumultuous part final 12 months in Rajasthan politics had saved Ashok Gehlot’s authorities, in face of a rebel by Sachin Pilot and his camp. Without the intervention of Sonia Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot was certain to lose his chief ministership, as even Rahul Gandhi favoured Sachin Pilot’s bid for the submit. Now, Ashok Gehlot is repaying his larger-than-life debt to Sonia Gandhi by defending her declare to the Congress presidency in opposition to all odds. At the Congress Working Committee assembly on Friday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot mounted an assault on social gathering dissenters and people who had been harping on the necessity for fast elections for the Congress President’s submit, complemented with different structural reforms inside the social gathering. Sources informed PTI that Gehlot attacked a number of the ‘letter-writers’ and known as their actions ‘disrespectful’ whereas saying that after being within the CWC for many years with out combating an election, they’ve immediately woken as much as the necessity of holding elections to the social gathering’s highest decision-making physique.“Party ne bahut kuch diya hai. Hum jo bhi hain Congress ki wajah se hain (The party has given us a lot. Whatever we are today is because of the Congress),” Gehlot stated throughout the assembly. This comment was then met with a stern retort from Anand Sharma, who’s himself on the forefront of demanding sweeping modifications inside the Congress. “We have also contributed a lot for the party. Have given 42 years to the party,” Sharma hit again saying. Meanwhile, elections for the submit of the Congress President will now be performed earlier than June this 12 months. Ashok Gehlot appears to be on the trail of changing into that chief of the Congress who speaks out brazenly what the opposite senior Congress leaders religiously loyal to the Gandhis can not say. While Congress has many spokespersons, Ashok Gehlot is quick rising as the private spokesman of the Gandhi-Vadra household. Earlier, Gehlot had even mounted an assault on Kapil Sibal for asking the social gathering to reform itself after the Bihar ballot rout it suffered. “There was no need for Mr Kapil Sibal to mention our internal issue in the media, this has hurt the sentiments of party workers across the country,” Gehlot had stated in a tweet. He added, “Congress has seen various crises including 1969, 1977, 1989 and later in the 1996 – but every-time we came out stronger due to our ideology, programs, policies and firm belief in party leadership.”Ashok Gehlot’s absolute allegiance to Sonia Gandhi is a mere payback for the Congress’ godmother saving the person’s political fortunes is his time of disaster. Now that Sonia Gandhi finds herself in a tricky spot, the Rajasthan Chief Minister is working extra time to a firefight on her behalf.