WON’T SPEAK AGAINST GANDHI FAMILY: JOGI

New Delhi, Oct. 28: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi has said though he will fight the Congress tooth and nail in the upcoming state Assembly polls, he will not speak against the Gandhi family, with whom he shared warm relations during his long tenure in the grand old party.

The real contest in next month’s state Assembly polls would be between his party, the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh(J), which has formed an alliance with the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jogi said.

“I have left the Congress and will campaign against the party in the Assembly election, but will not speak against the Gandhi family, which has always loved me,” he said.

Jogi was the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh after the state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh. He was then with the Congress.

Jogi left the Congress in 2016 and floated his own party. Asked about the allegations against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, the veteran leader said, “I will not speak anything against any member of the Gandhi family even during elections. I have shared warm relations with the family for decades.” The four members of the Jogi family belong to three political parties. While Jogi and his son are in the JCC(J), Jogi’s wife and daughter-in-law are in the Congress and the BSP respectively. —PTI