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HT interview | ‘Wanted to be Congress chief; it’s a 100 times better job’: Ashok Gehlot

Gehlot said he is confident of repeating his 1998 feat of winning 153 seats in the 200-member Rajasthan assembly

Updated on: Aug 25, 2023, 04:25:53 IST
By Sunetra Choudhury, Sachin Saini, Jaipur
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One of the most keenly watched electoral fights this year is in Rajasthan, where chief minister Ashok Gehlot is hoping to break a decades-old trend of the incumbent being voted out. With schemes announcing free power, cellphones and cashless insurance up to ₹25 lakh, Gehlot, 73, has forced the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to follow his agenda. Speaking to HT’s Sunetra Choudhury and Sachin Saini, Gehlot says he is confident of repeating his 1998 feat of winning 153

PREMIUMRajasthan chief minsiter Ashok Gehlot (HT Photo)
Rajasthan chief minsiter Ashok Gehlot (HT Photo)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sunetra Choudhury

Sunetra Choudhury is the National Political Editor of the Hindustan Times. With over two decades of experience in print and television, she has authored Black Warrant (Roli,2019), Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India’s Most Famous (Roli,2017) and Braking News (Hachette, 2010). Sunetra is the recipient of the Red Ink award in journalism in 2016 and Mary Morgan Hewett award in 2018.

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Sachin Saini

Sachin Saini is Special Correspondent for Rajasthan. He covers politics, tourism, forest, home, panchayati raj and rural development, and development journalism.

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