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No decision yet on CM candidate for Rajasthan, says Ashok Gehlot

Ashok Gehlot has been entrusted with coordinating the alliance between the Congress and the SP in UP

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Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader and two-time chief minister of Rajasthan

Last Updated : Feb 25 2017 | 9:33 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has been entrusted with coordinating the alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh. Currently stationed in Lucknow, the 65-year-old leader, who was chief minister of Rajasthan from 1998 to 2003 and 2008 to 2013, tells Archis Mohan that the young leadership in the party would get its place in the sun, until then it should bide its time.

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