Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot is currently the in-charge of the Congress party’s election preparedness in Gujarat. He tells Archis Mohan that the Congress is in the process of building a broad alliance with like minded leaders and parties in Gujarat against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
What is your assessment of the Gujarat assembly poll?
There has been no Congress government in Gujarat for the last 22 years. It is a long span of time. But this time the mood of the public is different, and a change looks possible.
The BJP has ruled the state by exploiting Hindu-Muslim