Will abide by wishes of party workers, says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said he will abide by the wishes of party workers on whether to contest the Congress chief polls but asserted that he would make one lastditch effort to convince Rahul Gandhi to take up the postSpeaking with reporters after landing here from Jaipur Gehlot said he will take decisions with which the Congress is strengthenedThe party and high command have given me everything I have been on posts for 4050 years For me no post is important I will fulfil any responsibility given to me by the party he saidHe also asserted that not only the Gandhi family but scores of Congress members have faith in himI am very fortunate that I have got love and affection of Congress men and women across the country and they have faith in me Gehlot saidTherefore if they ask me to fill the form nomination I will not be able to refuseWill speak with friends I was given the responsibility of being Rajasthan chief minister I am fulfilling that responsibility as a CM and will continue to do so he saidAlso Read Everybody is trying to persuade Rahul Gandhi to return as Congress president says Salman KhurshidHe said he wants to serve the Congress wherever he is useful be it Rajasthan or DelhiParty has given me everything post is not so important for me If it is up to me I would take no post I would join Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra looking at the situation in the country the Constitution is being destroyed democracy is in danger They are destroying the country he saidOn whether he would keep the post of CM if he takes up the post of party president Gehlot cited an example saying that if a minister in a state stands for Congress president election that person can stay a minister and also contest pollsTime will tell whether I remain CM or not I would like to stay where the party benefits from me I will not back down he assertedAsked about prospective contest with Shashi Tharoor he said contest should take place as it is good for internal democracy of the partyThe process for filing nominations for the election will be held from September 24 to 30The date of scrutiny of the nomination papers would be October 1 while the last date of withdrawal of nominations would be October 8The election if there is more than one candidate will take place on October 17 while counting of votes if necessary and the counting of votes and the declaration of results would be on October 19This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever