{"id":238033,"date":"2022-09-21T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=238033"},"modified":"2022-09-21T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:54:00","slug":"digvijaya-singh-on-congress-chief-election-why-rule-me-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/21\/digvijaya-singh-on-congress-chief-election-why-rule-me-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Digvijaya Singh On Congress Chief Election: &#8220;Why Rule Me Out?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Exclusive: Digvijaya Singh Hints At Running For Congress President\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Exclusive: Digvijaya Singh Hints At Running For Congress President\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Exclusive: Digvijaya Singh Hints At Running For Congress President\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-09\/fdh9ndq4_digvijay-singh_625x300_21_September_22.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-21T17:54:37+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=655532&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/21092022_n_DigvijayaSingh_172770_697103_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T9M39S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-09\/fdh9ndq4_digvijay-singh_625x300_21_September_22.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=655532&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Digvijay Singh said that there is no Gandhi in the race is &#8220;no concern at all&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the intense race for Congress president, Digvijaya Singh today added a new twist by hinting at joining the contest alongside Ashok Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor. The Congress veteran also said Ashok Gehlot, a frontrunner for the top post, will have to &#8220;obviously quit&#8221; as Rajasthan Chief Minister if he takes charge.<\/p>\n<p>Digvijaya Singh spoke to NDTV in the setting of a brewing showdown between Ashok Gehlot and the man who could be his replacement as Rajasthan Chief Minister &#8211; his rival Sachin Pilot.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress adopted a &#8220;one man, one post&#8221; resolve at a leadership meet in Rajasthan&#8217;s Udaipur earlier this year but Mr Gehlot today said he could well hold, not one but &#8220;three posts&#8221;, signaling that he is not ready to give up his Rajasthan role.<\/p>\n<p>On whether Mr Gehlot could be both Congress president and Chief Minister, Digvijaya Singh referred to the Udaipur resolution.<\/p>\n<p>So Mr Gehlot would have to resign, Mr Singh was asked. &#8220;Obviously, yes,&#8221; said the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Ashok Gehlot or Shashi Tharoor? &#8220;Let&#8217;s see. I am not ruling myself out also, why do you want to keep me out?&#8221; &#8211; he replied, suggesting that he could be the third man in the party&#8217;s first election for Congress president in over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone has the right to contest&#8230; You will know the answer on the evening of 30th (last day of nominations).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That there is no Gandhi in the race is &#8220;no concern at all&#8221;, he told NDTV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no concern at all. Whoever wants to contest has got the right to contest. And if one doesn&#8217;t want to contest, then they can&#8217;t be forced to contest. That&#8217;s it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rahul Gandhi has refused to return to the post he quit after the Congress&#8217;s drubbing in the 2019 national election. Ashok Gehlot has said he will contest only if he can&#8217;t bring Rahul Gandhi around. &#8220;One has to face reality,,, This is what appears to be. But let&#8217;s wait,&#8221; he said, adding that once Mr Gandhi has made up his mind, it is difficult to change it.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the Congress has functioned with a non-Gandhi at the top, he argued. &#8220;Didn&#8217;t we function when Narasimha Rao was there? Didn&#8217;t we function before when Sitaram Kesari was there,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>If not as president, Rahul Gandhi would play &#8220;whatever role the new Congress president&#8221; assigns, Mr Singh said.<\/p>\n<p>When it was pointed out that Rahul Gandhi remains the face of the Congress, he quipped: &#8220;He is one of the 119 yatris who are walking from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/digvijaya-singh-hints-at-running-for-congress-president-setting-up-potential-face-off-with-ashok-gehlot-shashi-tharoor-3364583\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Digvijay Singh said that there is no Gandhi in the race is &#8220;no concern at all&#8221; New Delhi: In the intense race for Congress president, Digvijaya Singh today added a new twist by hinting at joining the contest alongside Ashok Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor. 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