Kamal Nath roped in to play 'troubleshooter' in Rajasthan

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has been roped in by the party to play the role of a mediator in resolving the situation arising in the partys Rajasthan unit after Sachin Pilots daylong fast in Jaipur seeking action against the alleged corruption under the previous Vasundhara Rajeled BJP governmentNath along with Congress general secretary incharge organisation K C Venugopal met Pilot on Thursday to discuss his side of arguments and the former Rajasthan deputy CM conveyed to them that his fast was only directed at action against corruption and was not antiparty at all sources saidThough the meeting was cordial nothing concrete came out of it a source in the know of the developments told PTICongress Rajasthan incharge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Thursday morning met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge for the second time in two days to discuss the Rajasthan issue He had also met Rahul Gandhi at his residence to discuss the matterLeaders close to Pilot have argued that his fast was only against the corruption under Vasundhara government and cannot be termed antipartyAlso Read One should stand like rock in difficult circumstances Vasundhra RajeThey claim that the Congress has been raising the corruption plank in the Adani matter and in Karnataka polls and Pilots action was in line with thatAs far as the issue of indiscipline is concerned the Pilot side has also raised questions as to why no action has been taken against Gehlot loyalists who had defied party directive for holding a legislature party meeting last yearThey have also raised questions as to why Randhawas statement called the fast antiparty even before it took placeSources close to Pilot said that there has been no physical meeting between him and RandhawaThe Congress leadership is caught in a peculiar situation and wants to find a middle path to the issue party sources saidPilot reached Delhi on Wednesday a day after he observed a fast in JaipurBoth Gehlot and Pilot were keen on the chief ministers post when the party won in the state assembly elections in 2018 But the Congress high command picked Gehlot for the top post for a third timeIn July 2020 Pilot and a section of Congress MLAs had rebelled openly against Gehlot demanding a change of leadership in the state Pilot was then stripped of the posts of deputy chief minister and Pradesh Congress Committee presidentThe monthlong crisis ended after the Congress central leaderships assurance to look into the issues Pilot raisedGehlot later used terms like gaddar traitor nakara failure and nikamma worthless for Pilot and accused him of being involved with BJP leaders in a conspiracy to topple the Congress governmentLast September MLAs in the Gehlot camp boycotted a Congress Legislature Party CLP meeting and held a parallel one to stall what they felt was an attempt to make Pilot the new chief minister Gehlot was then being considered for the party presidents postThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever