Is this the lull before storm in Rajasthan?
attitude of Sachin Pilot and his supporters. Undoubtedly, they will ensure that Rahul Gandhi’s yatra remains eventless in Rajasthan. But media reports, and the hoardings along the yatra route, indicate that nothing is about to change in Rajasthan. Sachin’s supporters may again be back to their old tricks of destabilising the state’s Congress government. BJP, which too is facing infighting, wants the problems for the government to continue. Raje’s supporters want her to be projected as CM face ahead of the Assembly elections in Rajasthan. But the BJP leadership is firm that the elections will be fought on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity. Raje’s camp is not ready to relent. So, with the infighting going on in the Rajasthan unit of BJP, the saffron party wants the Congress deadlock to continue.
Sachin’s supporters are planting stories that only he will be the Congress face. A national channel is
targeting Gehlot with this agenda favouring Sachin. This is being seen as an attempt to please Sachin as well as the BJP. In another development, Sachin’s supporters have quickly put up posters all along the yatra route. Neither CM Gehlot, nor the PCC chief, G.S. Dotasra, is visible in the posters. It will be interesting to see whether Rahul Gandhi takes note of these posters that are suggesting a parallel party system in the state.
Rahul Gandhi needs to realise that timely action
alone can rid the party of internal problems. He did send his representative to Rajasthan to quell the infighting. But the lesson that Rahul Gandhi needs to learn is that action should be initiated on time. What is worth recalling is that Sachin Pilot attempted to topple the Gehlot government in 2020 and Rahul Gandhi is apparently aware of it. Despite all this, if the high command does not take action now, then it will be too late, as the BJP will succeed in benefiting from all this.