Congress Merger | "Parties That Split From Congress Should Rejoin": Senior Leader Ashok Gehlot

[00:00:00]Amid this [music] crisis within the Trinamool Congress. Ashok Gehlot is pitching for a merger. He [music] is in fact saying parties that split from the Congress should rejoin and he has joined a growing chorus with [music] sections of the Congress arguing for a more consolidated opposition. But here's what you need to listen to. He wants [music] a more consolidated opposition under Rahul Gandhi's leadership. Backing a suggestion first article which was articulated by Sanjay Raut.

[00:00:29]And the letter was also supported by Congress MP Imran Masood. Now we have the former Rajasthan Chief Minister [Music] Saying regional parties that emerge from the Congress should consider returning to the parent party in the [Music] larger interest of opposition unity.

[00:00:44]We have a crucible reaction coming in from Ashok [music] Gehlot. Listen In had killed nine women in the first quota. She had died five or four times. The rest were recruited there. Now this incident has come from Bikaner, the health minister of the government should take it seriously, it has become an issue, there is fear among the women of the entire state because fortunately in Rajasthan, the efforts we had made in medical, I think 90% more women get deliveries done, you can imagine that in the states where people get deliveries done, there is a difference in 91% of those states, which means delivery in the hospital and if you assume that these infections are happening again and again, there were many reports about medicine from Kota to Kota, so the news of Bikaner has come, so if you believe everything, we want to send the report through you, we want to welcome it through the government, instead of this, you should do it otherwise, this is my belief, then get the investigation done as soon as possible and assure the women, the Chief Minister himself should get the health of the women of the entire state, you can be rest assured, we have done the investigation, if there are any shortcomings, we are rectifying them and such incidents will not happen in the future.

[00:02:29]My colleague Harsha Kumari Singh has [music] been tracking all the final details for us.

[00:02:32]She Joy Us Slides With The Clarity We Need.

[00:02:35]We have just heard Harsha Ashok Gehlot backing this idea. But at this stage is there any indication that this is being discussed formally with the Congress or the India Alliance?

[00:02:44]Well I think more from his point of view it is a suggestion. And to remember that Ashok Gehlot is one of the oldest most seasoned politicians of the Congress party. You know in the Bihar election also he is the one who was cold in to you know get the alliance going he is the one who was pitched for Tejashwi to become the chief ministerial space so definitely you know he is someone when he makes a suggestion like that it's coming from somewhere of course Ashok Gehlot is known to play his card very close to his [music] chest so exactly where this is coming from whether there is any formal discussion in the party is there some kind of a little bit of speculation and even a murmur that he is, you know sort of agreeing is something that we are not clear about but I think what he is saying does make sound political common sense if I may say so and you know it is his suggestion and it's taken by the Congress party [music] you know he is a seasoned politician that suggestion will definitely be taken