Congress presidential polls over, focus back on Rajasthan: What will Kharge do? | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express

Congress insiders say Rajasthan issue “still open”, party yet to take a call on Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot divide.

Sources in the party said the Rajasthan issue was “still open” and argued that a decision had been deferred till the party presidential elections. One of the first tasks before Kharge will be to settle the dispute in the state unit.

And it is a tricky one. On one side is a veteran chief minister with the support of a majority of the MLAs and on the other side is a young leader who had been informally assured of the chief minister’s post by the Gandhis.

The state will go to elections in a year and retaining the state — Rajasthan has a history of alternating between the Congress and the BJP — is important for the grand old party. Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh will be held in November-December next year, months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Although the outcome cannot be linked to the general elections — the Congress won all three in 2018 but lost the Lok Sabha elections badly months later — the party would like to set the tempo. The Pilot camp believes the MLAs will fall in line and switch sides once a signal goes out from the high command.

But the central leadership’s attempt to dethrone Gehlot had come a cropper last month, with MLAs loyal to him openly defying the leadership and staying away from a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting convened at the instance of the high command. Significantly, the dramatic scenes played out before Kharge who was in Jaipur as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer.

https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/new-congress-president-in-place-focus-back-on-rajasthan-what-will-kharge-do-8218992/


Post ID: 7549d472-355b-4d0b-834c-eeb85c16e4e2
Rating: 5
Created: 1 year ago
Your ad can be here
Create Post

Similar classified ads


News's other ads