Winners set for a date with Rahul Gandhi

A delegation of Congress leaders from Rajasthan along with winners of the recent by-polls are scheduled to meet Congress national president Rahul Gandhi on Monday.

Though the meeting is being billed as a ‘courtesy’ call between winning candidates and the party president, there will be a full house of the top state leadership also.

“The candidates will be accompanied by state party president Sachin Pilot, party state in-charge Avinash Pandey, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, party general secreary CP Joshi and leader of the opposition Rameshwar Dudi,” said a Congress leader. 

A 3-0 win in the recent by-polls has motivated party workers in Rajasthan and as two of them were parliamentary constituencies, there will also be a representation of the party from Rajasthan in Parliament. 

The Congress had lost all 25 parliamentary constituencies in the last elections. However,the seats of Alwar and Ajmer fell vacant following the untimely demise of BJP MPs Mahant Chandnath and Sanwarlal Jat. 

The by-election results have provided Congress the much-needed advantage ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in Rajasthan during the end of this year.The Congress will also use the BJP’s loss in the two Paliamentary seats to target the government at the Centre.The meeting with Rahul Gandhi on Monday is also expected to decide the future course of action for the party. The winning candidates may thus get a role as symbols of the government’s failure.