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Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot. (file photo)
A spokesperson for the Rajasthan unit of the Congress said the new appointments included assembly speaker CP Joshi, state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasara, former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Gujarat Congress Committee in-charge Raghu Sharma.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot were among the 55 leaders from Rajasthan who were appointed to the All India Congress Committee on Sunday
A spokesperson for the Rajasthan unit of the Congress said the new appointments included assembly speaker CP Joshi, state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasara, former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Gujarat Congress Committee in-charge Raghu Sharma.
Mohan Prakash, Pawan Kheda, Neeraj Dangi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Minister BD Kalla, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Vishnoi and 20 others have also been included.
The names of three Congress leaders – Urban Development Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Water Supply Minister Mahesh Joshi and Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation Chairman Dharmendra Rathore – were missing from the list issued by the party’s disciplinary committee.
On September 25, Gehlot camp MLAs did not attend the Congress Legislature Party meeting called by Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken at his residence. Instead, they held a parallel meeting at Dhariwal’s residence.
After the meeting, the MLAs went to the residence of Speaker Joshi, who was then in the running for the Congress president’s post, to oppose any move to appoint Pilot as chief minister in place of Gehlot.
He had also submitted his resignation to Joshi.
Taking note of this “indiscipline”, the party issued show-cause notices to Mahesh Joshi, Dhariwal and Rathore, chief whip of the Congress in the assembly.
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