The crisis that began in the Rajasthan Congress on September 25 this year has taken a new turn. Now, senior leader Ajay Maken has expressed his unwillingness to continue as the in-charge of Rajasthan. In a letter to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on November 8, he cited the developments of September 25 and asked him to appoint someone in place of him, sources said on Wednesday.

Maken said it was “imperative to have a new in-charge as soon as possible” as the Bharat Jodo Yatra is coming to Rajasthan early next month and there is a bypoll on December 4. Maken and Kharge had gone to Jaipur as central observers for holding a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in September amid charges and counter-charges by both factions in favour of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot.