New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today said he has apologised to party president Sonia Gandhi for the incident in which a legislature party meeting could not be held in Jaipur and he will no longer contest for the post of party president. After meeting Sonia Gandhi at her residence at 10 Janpath, Gehlot also said that the chief minister’s post will now be decided by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
“I have been a loyal soldier of the Congress for 50 years… I am deeply saddened by the incident two days ago. “I have apologised to Sonia ji.
He said that it was my moral responsibility to get the one-line resolution passed in the legislature party meeting.” I couldn’t get it done. In this atmosphere, I decided that I will no longer contest the election of president. To a question on whether he would continue as chief minister or step down, he said a decision on it will be taken by Sonia Gandhi,” he added.