Gehlot finds Jat support, 4 more in race

The Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party is to meet on Thursday in Jaipur to choose a new leader to be chief minister.

The Rajasthan Jat Mahasabha on Wednesday said it was not against backing Mr Ashok Gehlot for chief minister. It said it would like Mr Sis Ram Ola to be chief minister but a resolution adopted at a Mahasabha meeting added: “If the selection process for chief minister takes a different direction, then the Mahasabha supports the most popular Congress leader, Ashok Gehlot, for the post. He is also related to the farmer community. Farmers and labourers still remember the excellent work done on famine relief by Gehlot during his previous tenure.”

There are other contenders. Union minister Sis Ram Ola and Jat leader Col. Sona Ram (Retd) said they would be willing to serve as chief minister. “A leader from the farming community should be elected chief minister.

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