Rewind & Replay | The rise of Indira Gandhi, and the shrinking of Rajasthan CMs | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express

After state's longest-serving CM Mohan Lal Sukhadia sided with Syndicate in the 1969 President election, the revolving door never closed, till BJP finally ended Cong domination of Rajasthan in 1990

Over one decade in the 1980s, the party changed six CMs, with Hari Dev Joshi and Shiv Charan Mathur occupying the post twice, failing to complete their term each time.

1971: Mohan Lal Sukhadia, CM of 16 years, goes

Throughout the late 1950s and ’60s, Rajasthan was led by Congress stalwart Mohan Lal Sukhadia, whose total tenure of 16 years remains the longest so far of any CM in the state. Sukhadia retained an iron grip on the state unit despite other doyens in the ranks like the Mirdha and Maderna families.

However, Sukhadia’s downfall began with the 1969 election for President of the country, when he backed the wrong horse in the battle for control of the party between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and old-timers. The latter included K Kamaraj and then Congress president S Nijalingappa, a group that was popularly known as the Syndicate.

For the President’s post, the Syndicate-backed Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the official candidate of the Congress. However, sitting vice-president V V Giri threw his hat in the ring as an Independent, with the tacit support of Indira Gandhi. After she asked Congressmen to “vote as per their conscience”, Giri defeated Reddy to become the President.

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