Chief Minister of India's state of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot has said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have to come to the forefront despite the party's drowning in the Lok Sabha elections as he is the only alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gahlot said that Gandhi is the only opposition leader who Modi and Home Minister can face Amit Shah with courage and fearlessness.

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According to media reports, the Congress veteran described the Gandhi family as a 'cementing force' for the 134-year-old party and dismissed the allegation that it did dynastic politics. He said that Rahul Gandhi will have to come to the forefront despite the tremendous defeat suffered by the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections.

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While praising the 49-year-old Wayanad MP, who stepped down as Congress President after his party's poor performance in the April-May Lok Sabha elections, Gehlot said that Gandhi, during the campaign, said farmers, youth, Raised major issues related to employment and inflation. The Rajasthan Chief Minister said, "It is wrong to say that Modi has no alternative leadership. Rahul Gandhi is an alternative. It is true that people could not join him since Modi's style and the outlook was different."

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