Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel Appointed as Senior Observers for Poll-Bound States

Gehlot and Baghel have been appointed as senior observers in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh respectively.

The Congress on Tuesday, 12 July, roped in Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as senior observers for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh respectively.

T S Singh Deo, Health Minister of Chhattisgarh, and former Union Minister, Milind Deora would assist the Rajasthan CM as observers in Gujarat.

Baghel, on the other hand, would be assisted by senior Rajasthan leader Sachin Pilot and Partap Singh Bajwa, opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly.

Congress is looking to wrest power from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound states this year.