NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Kamal Nath has been roped in by the celebration to play the position of a mediator in resolving the state of affairs arising within the celebration’s Rajasthan unit after Sachin Pilot’s day-long quick in Jaipur searching for motion in opposition to the alleged corruption underneath the earlier Vasundhara Raje-led BJP authorities. Nath together with Congress basic secretary in-charge organisation Ok C Venugopal met Pilot on Thursday to debate his facet of arguments and the previous Rajasthan deputy CM conveyed to them that his quick was solely directed at motion in opposition to corruption and was not “anti-party” in any respect, sources mentioned. “Though the meeting was cordial nothing concrete came out of it,” a supply within the know of the developments informed PTI.
Congress’ Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday morning met celebration chief Mallikarjun Kharge for the second time in two days to debate the Rajasthan situation. He had additionally met Rahul Gandhi at his residence to debate the matter. Leaders near Pilot have argued that his quick was solely in opposition to the corruption underneath Vasundhara authorities and can’t be termed “anti-party”.
They declare that the Congress has been elevating the corruption plank within the Adani matter and in Karnataka polls and Pilot’s motion was consistent with that. As far as the problem of “indiscipline” is worried, the Pilot facet has additionally raised questions as to why no motion has been taken in opposition to Gehlot loyalists who had defied celebration directive for holding a legislature celebration assembly final 12 months. They have additionally raised questions as to why Randhawa’s assertion referred to as the quick anti-party even earlier than it occurred.
Sources near Pilot mentioned that there was no bodily assembly between him and Randhawa. The Congress management is caught in a peculiar state of affairs and needs to discover a center path to the problem, celebration sources mentioned. Pilot reached Delhi on Wednesday, a day after he noticed a quick in Jaipur. Both Gehlot and Pilot have been eager on the chief minister’s put up when the celebration gained within the state meeting elections in 2018. But the Congress excessive command picked Gehlot for the highest put up for a 3rd time.
In July 2020, Pilot and a bit of Congress MLAs had rebelled brazenly in opposition to Gehlot, demanding a change of management within the state. Pilot was then stripped of the posts of deputy chief minister and Pradesh Congress Committee president. The month-long disaster ended after the Congress central management’s assurance to look into the problems Pilot raised.
Gehlot later used phrases like “gaddar” (traitor), “nakara” (failure) and “nikamma” (nugatory) for Pilot, and accused him of being concerned with BJP leaders in a conspiracy to topple the Congress authorities. Last September, MLAs within the Gehlot camp boycotted a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly and held a parallel one to stall what they felt was an try to make Pilot the brand new chief minister. Gehlot was then being thought-about for the celebration president’s put up.
