We're both assets to party: Ashok Gehlot after Rahul Gandhi remarks on Rajasthan tussle

A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called both Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot assets to the party, the CM on Tuesday suggested that the matter rests there. "When Rahul Gandhi has said that our leaders are assets then we are assets... where is the dispute then," Gehlot said when asked about the former party president's observation.

Asked to comment, Gandhi had told reporters in Indore on Monday that both leaders were assets to the party. "This is the beauty of our party that after our top leader says anything, there is no scope (for further argument)," Gehlot said here.

Last week's jibe by Gehlot and a sharp response from Pilot came just days before Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to enter Rajasthan. The CM said all leaders together will make the yatra a success in the state.


"Rahul Gandhi also meant that every party worker is an asset," he added.