Congress

BJP leaders have said that the internal crisis in the ruling Congress is impacting the development in Rajasthan.

Amid the ongoing political crisis, urban development and housing minister Shanti Dhariwal on Monday accused senior party leader and state in-charge Ajay Maken of conspiring to remove Ashok Gehlot as the Chief minister of Rajasthan.

A day after the high drama in Rajasthan, Rajasthan Congress in-charge Ajay Maken and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge met party interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday.

The ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan has threatened to derail the Congress's dream of revival, and may have broader implications at the national level, as Ashok Gehlot supporters were adamant in their choice of candidate for Rajasthan Chief minister.

Bihar Chief minister and Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday met Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence in New Delhi.

The supporters of CM Ashok Gehlot are not ready to budge on the choice of the chief minister, should Gehlot become the president of the Congress party.

With the Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party meeting today in Jaipur, there are chances that the party might decide on Ashok Gehlot’s successor on Sunday itself.

A day after Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh took a swipe at senior party leader Shashi Tharoor, the party urged all its leaders and spokespersons to refrain from making any comment of any kind on any colleague contesting the elections.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that whoever becomes the president of the Congress party should remember that he represents a set of ideas, a belief system, and the vision of India.

Congress and BJP showdown reached the floor of the assembly as there was a fierce fight between Leader of the Opposition Gulabchand Kataria and Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra on the issue of the Lumpy virus.