A desert storm may have been averted in Rajasthan with all three victories by the Ashok Gehlot government in Friday’s Rajya Sabha election, but in Haryana, the storm could just be whipping up.
The lone Congress candidate, Ajay Maken, lost in nail-biting and this gave rise to many speculations about cross-voters from the Congress camp. In a cryptic tweet from the morning, Kuldeep Bishnoi said: “I have the ability to crush the hood, don’t leave the jungle for fear of snakes. Good morning
The tweet has now given rise to the question whether the reference was to Hooda. The fact is that many in the Haryana Congress are angered by Hooda’s growing clout and the fact that he has been given a free hand.
Bhupendra Hooda is the CLP leader, while his disciple Uday Bhan has been made the state Congress president. Kuldeep Bishnoi, with his influence in at least three seats, waited and met Priyanka Vadra with the assurance that she would be given a key position. However, that never happened. A few days ago, during the show of strength by Hooda, Bhiwani MLA Kiran Chaudhary openly revolted and tweeted asking why his face was missing from the posters.
Now, as Hooda fails to ensure Maken’s victory, the knives are likely to be out and the Gandhi family will be questioned whether they made the mistake of making Hooda all-powerful in the state and putting all their eggs in one basket. ,
The fact is that most of the Congress’s second rung leadership in the state is unhappy and could be vulnerable to poaching by the BJP or even the AAP; These could be the likes of Kiran Choudhary and Kuldeep Bishnoi. There is every reason to be upset for Kumari Selja, who had to step down to accommodate the likes of Bhupinder Hooda as state Congress chief. Randeep Surjewala, once a close aide of Hooda, is now a Rajya Sabha MP and almost out of state politics. The defeat of the Congress could have a significant impact on the upcoming state elections, compromising Hooda’s strength.
Congress sources say top leaders are also worried that the damage has been done even by some Hooda supporters, who share good equations with the family of Karthikeya Sharma – the media baron and an independent candidate backed by the BJP.
Meanwhile, the real winner is in Rajasthan. This hat-trick has increased the strength of Ashok Gehlot and now it may be even more difficult for the top leadership of Congress to stop the magician. This means that the hope of Sachin Pilot becoming the Chief Minister soon may not come true. When Ahmed Patel won a landslide Rajya Sabha election, it silenced his opponents within the party. Electoral victory has its own way; you win some you lose some. However, this survey has once again exposed the vulnerability of the Gandhi family.
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