INDORE/JAIPUR: Amid a row over Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s statement against his former deputy Sachin Pilot, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday said both the leaders are assets for the party.

Addressing a press conference near Indore, Gandhi, the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad in Kerala, also said the decision to contest again from the Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh would be taken after one or one-and-ahalf years. “At present, my focus is on the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he said.

Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani had defeated Rahul Gandhi in his family’s bastion Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

To a query on different statements being given by Rajasthan leaders Gehlot and Pilot amid their power tussle, he said, “It will not affect the yatra and both the leaders are assets to the Congress party.”

Queried whether he would like to contest again from Amethi, Gandhi said, “I don’t want to give any headline to the media as at present my focus is on the Bharat Jodo Yatra.”

“See, once again these are all attempts to distract from the main idea. You want newspapers to say tomorrow whether I will contest from Amethi or not,” Gandhi said.

“I want the newspapers to write about the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the ideas and philosophy behind the yatra,” he said.

“The answer to your question will come, may be in a year or year-and-a-half,” he said. To a query on plans for solving the unemployment problem in the country, Gandhi said the main problem at present is that the entire wealth of the nation is confined in the hands of threefour industrialists.

“The government should sense the voice of the people,” he said.

Will put united front for Bharat Jodo Yatra: Khachari

Rajastan Minister Pratap Singh Khachariya aid the party leaders will put up a united front during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the state. “The competition among the leaders and the ongoing conflict is our internal matter,” he said.

“When Rahul Gandhi comes to Rajasthan, all these matters will be kept aside and all Congress leaders will be seen together, ” he said.