New Delhi: Ashok Gehlot is a veteran Indian politician of the Indian national Congress. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1998 10 2003. In 2008 he was again elected as its CM after he defeated Vasundhara Raje. In 2013, Congress party faced one of its worst defeats in Rajasthan where BJP took the lead by securing 163 seats out of 200 in the Rajasthan Assembly Elections held on 1st December 2013.