Congress deals with a curious scenario in Rajasthan this time as the keenly-awaited Lok Sabha election nears. While celebration veterans and huge names have actually tossed their hats into the electoral ring in other states, Congress bigwigs are up until now noticeable by their lack when it concerns Rajasthan.
Digvijaya Singh and Bhupesh Baghel have actually revealed their candidature in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively. In Rajasthan, in spite of clamour from grassroots, bigwigs like Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot and Jitendra Singh have actually remained away from the survey race, a ToI report stated on April 6.
This has actually left the Congress celebration without any choice however to depend upon much lesser-known faces, and sometimes, even debutants.
In Jodhpur, the Congress has actually picked Karan Singh Uchiyarda over Ashok Gehlot to challenge BJP’s Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Regardless of Gehlot’s history of targeting the Union minister on corruption, his kid Vaibhav has actually moved to Jalore-Sirohi. This relocation leaves a clear course for Shekhawat in Jodhpur, where Gehlot might have had a benefit. The choice has actually amazed celebration members who think Gehlot might have presented a more powerful obstacle. The fight in Jodhpur now appears to have actually moved in favour of the BJP leader.
Ex-deputy CM Sachin Pilot deals with a deadlock in Dausa and Tonk-Sawai Madhopur. He has actually avoided objecting to in these Gurjar-dominated locations understood for his impact. Congress has actually advanced Murari Lal Meena in Dausa and Harish Chandra Meena in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur. Pilot is seen as a possible vote-getter for the celebration, he has actually selected not to stand in these constituencies.
Alwar royal Bhanwar Jitendra Singh has actually likewise left the survey arena, leaving the celebration to field Lalit Yadav versus Union minister Bhupender Yadav in the upcoming elections.
Former Union minister CP Joshi is the just huge name up until now to have actually signed up with the election race– in Bhilwara. He too had actually kept away till the eleventh hour. The celebration’s initial prospect for Bhilwara, retired RPS officer Damodar Gurjar, was moved to Rajsamand seat after Sudarshan Rawat’s withdrawal.
Congress elders that have actually kept away have actually pointed out bigger organisational tasks, ToI’s report stated.
At the current Congress main election committee conference for Rajasthan in New Delhi, previous CM Gehlot was especially missing. Regardless of this, the committee chose to field his boy Vaibhav from Jalore rather of Jodhpur, according to Gehlot’s choice. This relocation was talked about throughout the conference, where both Gehlot and Pilot existed as unique guests.
Pilot appears to have actually withdrawn from the election race due to his tasks as the basic secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh. He has actually apparently notified Congress management that he will concentrate on reinforcing the celebration’s position in 4 seats in east Rajasthan and boosting the tally in Chhattisgarh rather of personally objecting to the surveys, the paper reported mentioning sources.
The celebration has actually likewise dealt with shame as it fielded newbies without appropriate background checks. In Jaipur, Congress needed to drop Sunil Sharma after demonstrations over his relate to ‘The Jaipur Dialogues’, a conservative online forum understood for ‘Gandhi-bashing’.