Hectic discussions on to resolve crisis ahead of Congress prez poll

With Friday the last date for filing nominations Congress leaders are in hectic discussions to resolve the political conundrum that has everyone guessing who all will contest the election for party presidentThe discussions are mostly oneonone party insiders said on Thursday a day of many meetings Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik in Jodhpur House K C Venugopal also party general secretary called on Sonia Gandhi at her residence And senior leader A K Antony is learnt to have met Tariq Anwar at Kerala HouseSenior party leader Digvijaya Singh who left the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra said he will contest the election and collected his nomination papers The only other person who has declared his intention to contest is Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor who has said he will file his nomination papers on the last day FridayGehlot who arrived here Wednesday night and is believed to have spearheaded a rebellion of MLAs backing him is expected to meet Sonia Gandhi later in the day to clear the air on whether he will contest the pollParty sources said Venugopal is learnt to have discussed the political situation in the party after the Rajasthan crisis with Sonia Gandhi AICC general secretary incharge of Rajasthan Ajay Maken also reached Sonia Gandhis home for discussionsAlso Read PM Modi begins twoday visit to Gujarat holds roadshow in SuratAs uncertainty mounted Antony chair of the partys Disciplinary Committee met Anwar who has given a show cause notice to three Gehlot loyalists in RajasthanSeveral names have cropped up for the party presidents post These include Mallikarjun Kharge Antony Kamal Nath Ambika Soni and Pawan Kumar Bansal though most of them ruled themselves out of the raceGehlot is not completely ruled out yet according to sourcesGehlot told reporters here on Wednesday night that party discipline is foremost for all party workers and internal issues that have cropped up will be resolved soonHe added that it was internal discipline that had helped the part survive the decline in Lok Sabha numbersThere is discipline in the party under Soniaji Gehlot said adding that events being reported by the media are small issues that keep happeningFighting issues the country is facing is more important for themMatters of a family are part and parcel of internal politics We will solve everything he told reporters in DelhiYou will see that in the coming days decisions will be taken on the crisis the country is facing We are concerned about issues on which Rahul Gandhi is undertaking a yatraiquest he addedNominations can be filed between 11 am to 3 pm on Friday After scrutiny of nominations on October 1 the last date of withdrawals is October 8If there is more than one candidate the election will take place at all Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters on October 17 2022 Monday between 10 am to 4 pmThe result will be out on October 19This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever