Jaipur, city of Gehlot's joy

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is a happy man these days because of the Congress’ Jaipur “Chintan Shivir”. Involving 1,200 delegates apart from Cabinet ministers and chief ministers, the event was a logistics nightmare, the main responsibility for which fell to the state government. Despite Gehlot personally taking interest, there were certain unavoidable glitches like arranging accommodation for 250 journalists. But the astute chief minister more than made up for the inconvenience to the media contingent by regularly visiting them. The almost flawless arrangements came in for praise from none other than Congress President Sonia Gandhi. To add to his joy, the most awaited announcement in recent Congress history - the anointment of the Congress scion Rahul Gandhi – took place at the Congress Working Committee meeting at Jaipur that was then welcomed by the All India Congress Committee. For a committed Congressman, all this counts for high achievement.