Kuldeep Bishnoi trades fire with Cong leaders, but takes his time leaving | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
Angry over Bishnoi defying party orders during the recent Rajya Sabha polls, contributing to a major embarrassment for it, the Congress had removed him from all positions.
EVEN as the war of words between the Congress and its rebel MLA, Kuldeep Bishnoi, worsens, the latter is biding his time, retaining his connection with the party for all official purposes.
Angry over Bishnoi defying party orders during the recent Rajya Sabha polls, contributing to a major embarrassment for it, the Congress had removed him from all positions, including in the Congress Working Committee. Since then, Bishnoi has taken a swipe against rivals within the party, with the latter replying in kind.
In an interview to The Indian Express, Bishnoi called the appointment of Udai Bhan, a loyalist of Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as Congress Haryana president “an utter disaster”. Bhan hit back saying “the electorate gives a slap to those who do not value their votes, and in the coming 2024 Assembly polls of Haryana, we shall see who gets this slap”. Bhan also accused Bishnoi of opposing his candidature for Haryana president as he is a Dalit.
Bishnoi has been sulking ever since Bhan was appointed, making no bones about his ambitions to become Haryana president, or his anger at being sidelined by the Hooda camp. Bishnoi was not even considered for the post of four working presidents. In the interview to The Indian Express, he also attacked Rahul Gandhi, calling him “an inaccessible leader who takes decisions under pressure”.
However, nearly 10 days after the Congress action against him – for voting for the BJP-backed Independent Kartikeya Sharma instead of party candidate Ajay Maken – and promising to announce his “next course of action” soon, Bishnoi is yet to reveal his cards. While speculation has been rife that Bishnoi would join the BJP, his Twitter handle still displays pictures of his father Bhajan Lal with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, as well as of Bishnoi with Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.
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