Opposition parties in Punjab allege the Mann government was being 'remote controlled' by AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal through leaders like Chadha.
"Even after October 19, my relations with the Gandhi family will remain the same as they have been for the last 50 years. I can say this to you with a claim. Rest you can ask the new party President," said the Rajasthan chief minister.
Tharoor said that the Gandhi family is in the DNA of the grand-old-party and no party chief can distance himself from the Gandhi family.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday took a swipe at the Congress president election process and said that whoever becomes the party chief will be a "puppet" of the Gandhi family.
However, Gehlot has maintained distance from any such reports by refraining from making comments when asked whether the election would have a long-term impact on his politics in Rajasthan.
I have a different opinion as compared to other Congressmen. My internal desire is that the president should be elected from the Gandhi family and lead the party,” said the Rajya Sabha MP and CWC member.
"We have been demanding that Rahul Gandhi or any member of the family should take leadership, either Priyanka can take it. Madam Gandhi is naturally acceptable to everybody. But because of the health reasons, she can't come forward,"
Mr Rahul Gandhi’s complaint that a letter written by a group of senior Congress leaders about the need for an organisational revamp was delivered when his mother, and the Congress president, was unwell, underscores the correspondents’ concern.
Leading from the front is Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, and his Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Puducherry counterparts, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and V. Narayansamy, respectively, with all terming it a move to weaken the party.
Flaying some Cong leaders bid to demand an overhaul of the party leadership, Punjab CM says this is not the time to raise such issues when the Constitution & democracy are under threat under the Modi govt
