Rift in Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot: As the Bharat Jodo Yatra completes its Rajasthan leg and despite a reconciliation meeting between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, there is no sign of a “full stop” to the tussle between the chief minister and his former Doesn’t seem to signal. Deputy.
The ‘peace’ the Congress party was trying to maintain in Rajasthan, which had disappeared during the party’s presidential polls, was shattered just before the yatra reached the state when Chief Minister Gehlot branded Sachin Pilot a “traitor” (traitor). ) relaxed me.
However, the Rahul Gandhi-led foot march has completed the party-ruled state without much controversy and rhetoric and party strategists have credited Gehlot-Pilot with putting the “controversy” on the backburner for Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. Have agreed. The party high command has chosen a period starting from December 24, when the Bharat Jodo Yatra will take a break, to resolve the dispute in Rajasthan. According to sources, party president Mallikarjun Kharge is of the view that the yatra will divert attention. If the party now raises the issue of Rajasthan.
According to sources, the party’s disciplinary committee will submit its report on December 24 to Kharge on MLAs Shantilal Dhariwal, Mahesh Joshi and Dharmendra Rathod, who were issued show-cause notices. The Congress president is expected to take a decision on the Rajasthan issue after the report is submitted and after discussions with the Gandhi family, especially party president Sonia Gandhi.
Notably, there was a “political crisis” in the party-ruled state during the Congress presidential election when Gehlot and Pilot were in the race for the post of chief minister of Rajasthan.
Apart from this, party sources have dismissed the speculation that this topic was discussed during the closed-door discussions of Rahul Gandhi with Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot. According to party sources, on the last night of his visit to the state, Rahul met leaders to share his experiences and advice on what actually happened in Rajasthan, but the contentious issue did not even come up for discussion.
(With ANI inputs)
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