Congress Leaders Blame Nepotism, Infighting As Party Suffers Big Defeat In Rajasthan Local Body Polls
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (Himanshu Vyas/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The ruling Congress has suffered two massive defeats in Rajasthan within two years of forming the government. First, the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections in May 2019 when it lost all the 25 seats in the state. And second, the defeat in the panchayat polls the results of which were announced on Wednesday.
Surprisingly, nepotism and infighting have again been quoted as the reasons for Congress defeat in the panchayat polls, which were earlier cited for the party s massive loss in the Lok Sabha last year.
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Sensing a fresh trouble in the politically volatile state of Rajasthan, the Congress high command on Thursday sought a report from its state unit after the party lost the Panchayat polls to the BJP, sources said.The Congress move comes in the .
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The two Congress camps in Rajasthan that nearly cost the party the government in the state a few months back
| 10 Dec 2020 5:55 AM GMT
JAIPUR: The two Congress camps in Rajasthan that nearly cost the party the government in the state a few months back are at it again. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, while inaugurating a Congress office in Sirohi district recently, had said that the State government was saved from a crisis as the senior leaders suspended the rebels within the party fold.
He also accused the opposition BJP of restarting the game of thrones yet again to topple his government.
Nepotism, infighting cited as reasons for Congress loss in Raj panchayat polls
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Jaipur, Dec 10 : The ruling Congress has suffered two massive defeats in Rajasthan within two years of forming the government. First, the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections in May 2019 when it lost all the 25 seats in the state. And second, the defeat in the panchayat polls the results of which were announced on Wednesday.