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Congress High Command to take care of Rajasthan management challenge after Rajya Sabha polls

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: While hassle is brewing in Rajasthan Congress with unsettled management points and rising discontent amongst social gathering MLAs, the highest management has determined to attend and watch the state of affairs protecting in thoughts the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections and presidential elections scheduled in July.

The latest incidents of social gathering MLA Ashok Chandna slamming the Ashok Gehlot authorities within the state and one other MLA and tribal chief Ganesh Ghogra’s resignation blaming state forms have additional elevated hassle for the Congress authorities within the state. The management tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot continues to stay unaddressed.    

A senior social gathering chief mentioned that “there will be finality on the matter in the next two months” and a few cabinet modifications are anticipated earlier than the meeting elections subsequent 12 months.

The hassle within the state has been occurring for some time now however the social gathering has did not take a call on lingering management points with Pilot urgent for changing the chief minister. But, the social gathering is cautious to not delay the matter if the state of affairs goes uncontrolled alongside the strains of what occurred to the social gathering in Punjab.   

“The party is keeping in mind Rajya Sabha elections and upcoming presidential polls. Any decision (on leadership issue) now means annoying MLAs from both camps and that could spoil the mathematics for upcoming polls to the upper house,” mentioned sources.

The elections for 4 Rajya Sabha seats are scheduled early subsequent month and the ruling social gathering is hopeful of getting 3 of 4 seats. The Rajasthan meeting having 200 seats, profitable a candidate for Rajya Sabha would require 41 votes. The Congress claims that it’s going to handle 123 votes (wanted to win three seats) whereas BJP having 71 MLAs might win just one.

The Congress has 108 MLAs, together with 6 BSP MLAs who merged with the Congress, 13 independents (majority Gehlot supporters), 2 MLAs of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and 1 from the Rashtriya Lok Dal. There are 2 MLAs from Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) and three MLAs from Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party – each are unlikely to vote for the BJP.