Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday dismissed suggestions that the next party chief could be remote-controlled by the Gandhi family, asserting that both leaders in the fray – Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor – are people of stature and understanding.
Noting the positions and perspective of both contenders – Shashi Tharoor and Mallikarjun Kharge – Gandhi said that insinuations that they can be controlled by the party's high command were "insulting".
Defending Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over Gautam Adani’s pledged investments in Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi, who has often targeted the industrialist, on Saturday said no preferential treatment has been given to the businessman in the Congress-ruled state and asserted that he is not against corpo