The Hindu : Gehlot, Vyas ask rebels to pull out from contest

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Monday, Nov 17, 2003

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Gehlot, Vyas ask rebels to pull out from contest

By Our Special Correspondent

JAIPUR NOV. 16. The Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, and the Pradesh Congress Committee(I) president, Girija Vyas, in a joint appeal have asked the Congressmen who have filed nominations without the sanction of the party to withdraw from the contest. They sought the cooperation of partymen to make the official nominees victorious.

The leaders said they were aware that the party had competent workers and leaders in each of the constituencies who could not be given the tickets as only one could be made the official nominee. The party appreciated the spirit of those who applied for the ticket and could not get, they said.

It was the duty of each Congressman to support the official candidates chosen by the Congress high command, Mr.Gehlot and Dr.Vyas noted. All the Congressmen should join hands to defeat the communal forces, they exhorted.

In a separate statement, senior leader and chairman of the Congress Election Campaign Committee, Ram Niwas Mirdha, made a similar appeal to partymen and sought from them a display of discipline, unity and commitment to the party.

The appeal from Mr.Mirdha specifically mentioned the Congress party's longstanding commitment to the poor, workers, farmers, backwards, Dalits and the minorities. He said that the people of Rajasthan could differentiate between those who remembered them only at the time of the elections and who remained in touch throughout sharing their sorrow and happiness.

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