Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Congress has seen recurrent factionalism in the state with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and party leader Sachin Pilot at loggerheads over the issue of leadership in the state. India News | Rajasthan Minister Stakes Claim to CM Post, Says Any Congress Worker Can Become Chief Minister.
As the Bharat Jodo Yatra completed its Rajasthan leg and despite a presumed reconiciliatory meeting between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, there seems to no sign of a full stop to the feud between Chief Minister and his former deputy.
Over 80 Congress MLAs in Rajasthan did not attend an official party meeting convened for passing a resolution authorising the Congress chief to appoint a successor to Ashok Gehlot, who was then about to contest the Congress presidential election, and participated in a parallel meeting at Gehlot loyalist Shanti Dhariwal s residence.