Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have to come to the forefront despite the party drowning in the Lok Sabha elections as he is the only alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The minister can face Amit Shah with courage and fearlessness.

The Congress veteran described the Gandhi family as a 'cementing force' for the 134-year-old party and dismissed the allegation that it carried dynastic politics. He said that despite the tremendous defeat suffered by the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi will have to come to the forefront.

Praising the 49-year-old Wayanad MP, who stepped down as Congress president after his party's poor performance in the April-May Lok Sabha elections, Gehlot said that Gandhi was prominent during the campaign on issues related to farmers, youth, employment and inflation Issues raised. The Chief Minister of Rajasthan said, "Hai. Rahul Gandhi is the alternative. It is true that people could not join him since Modi's style and outlook was different.

Gehlot said that the BJP's agenda is to try to harm the leaders of his party so that the organization collapses, but it has not happened. The Gandhi family is a strong force for the party. Since 1989, no member of the Gandhi family has been a minister, chief minister or prime minister. How can dynastic politics happen?