January 14 was to be a giant day for Congress as Rahul Gandhi began his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur. However, the day was eclipsed by Milind Deora’s shocking determination to give up Congress. Deora severed his household’s 5 decades-old ties with the get together. While Deora reportedly give up over the Mumbai South seat that Congress agreed to present to Shiv Sena-UBT, his transfer to give up Congress reveals the grand previous get together’s disregard for younger and dynamic leaders. The image that you’re seeing above is a testomony to this. This picture has 5 leaders – Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora, Jitin Prasada, RPN Singh, and Jyotiraditya Scindia. Except for ‘disgruntled’ Pilot, all of the 4 leaders have left the Congress get together to affix the BJP or NDA allies. Let’s check out the timeline when key leaders give up Congress:
11 March 2020: Scindia
The large shock for Congress got here in 2020 when Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned and joined the BJP. Once amongst Rahul Gandhi’s closest aides, Scindia’s transfer led to the autumn of the Kamal Nath Government within the state. According to studies, Scindia was not pleased after being sidelined for Kamal Nath by the get together. Scindia not solely ended his 18-year affiliation with the Congress but in addition laid the bottom for preserving Congress in opposition within the state. He was additionally amongst these few Congress leaders who supported the Modi authorities’s transfer to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
9 June 2021: Jitin Prasada
A 12 months later, one other man pictured on this picture left Congress. He was the senior Congress chief and former Union minister Jitin Prasada. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Prasada was among the many G-23 leaders who raised their voices demanding overhauling of the get together organisation.
25 January 2022: RPN Singh
Months later, former MP from Kushinagar and former union minister RPN Singh joined the BJP. It was a setback for the Congress as Singh was additionally the get together’s in-charge for Jharkhand affairs.
Sachin Pilot And Himanta Sarma
Despite being upset with the get together management, Sachin Pilot has to date stored his playing cards near his chest. Just like Scindia confronted Kamal Nath, Pilot has been upset with Ashok Gehlot. However, it began in August 2015 when Himanta Biswa Sarma, a dynamic chief from Assam, left Congress and joined the BJP after being ignored by Tarun Gogoi, then CM of Assam. In all these three instances, Congress opted to stay with its senior guards like Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot and Tarun Gogoi. While it misplaced Sarma and Scindia, the get together has been on its toes to maintain Pilot in its flock. Today, Congress has misplaced floor in Assam, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It has misplaced reference to individuals in Uttar Pradesh from the place RPN Singh and Jitina Prasada belong.Â
These are a few of the many situations of younger leaders deserting Congress. In June 2022, Hardik Patel had left Congress to affix the BJP in Gujarat. In December 2022, the BJP had formally inducted former Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergil. This reveals that the Congress get together shouldn’t be prepared to just accept the younger leaders taking cost. It may be a concern issue inside Congress {that a} rise of younger leaders might problem the authority of Rahul Gandhi. When Shashi Tharoor filed for the Congress president put up, the Gandhi household not directly backed veteran chief Mallikarjun Kharge who wouldn’t make any radical change within the organisation with out the approval of the Gandhi household.Â
On the opposite hand, the BJP shouldn’t be cautious of giving reigns within the palms of younger leaders. Today, Scindia is taking care of the Union Aviation Ministry whereas comparatively youthful faces got CM posts in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma has ensured two straight phrases for the BJP.
