Jaipur, 29/9: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced that he will not fight the Congress presidential election, taking moral responsibility for the Jaipur rebellion. With this, the stage has been set for a battle between Digvijaya Singh and Shashi Tharoor.
Gehlot made the announcement after his meeting with interim party president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi.
“I will not contest the elections,” Gehlot, who was accompanied by K C Venugopal, told reporters.