The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister had campaigned excessively in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana for the recent state assembly elections with a record of 74 rallies.
With more than one name doing the rounds for each of the three states where the Congress won, Gandhi said in his message the party workers' choice would reach him directly and would not be known to anyone else.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigned from the post on Wednesday declaring that the BJP was not going to stake claim.
Both Pilot and Gehlot have played a major role in the distribution of tickets among the candidates.
Targeting the ruling government, the BSP chief Mayawati said the poll results explained that the people in states like Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were 'totally against the BJP and its anti-people policies'.
With none of the two parties getting a majority at 116 seats, smaller parties and Independents will play a crucial role in deciding who forms the next government in the state, ruled by the BJP for the last 15 years.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi also thanked the outgoing chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states for the work they did among the masses.
The Congress was on Tuesday set to wrest Rajasthan and Chattisgarh from the BJP which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger while the TRS stormed back to power in Telangana and the MNF dislodged the Congress in Mizoram.
Raman Singh became the chief minister on December 7, 15 years ago, and no other BJP CM has served for so long.
Kamal Nath was said to be in contact with BSP supremo Mayawati and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav besides leaders of GGP whose candidate was leading in one place.
