Hassle brews for Congress in Chhattisgarh

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NEW DELHI: Whilst there’s a buzz concerning the alternate of guard in Rajasthan following Sachin Pilot’s fresh assembly with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, bother is brewing in birthday party dominated Chhattisgarh with state cupboard minister TS Singh Deo urgent for a fast determination on his elevation as state CM and emphasising how indecisiveness may hurt the birthday party.

Deo, who has been looking forward to readability from the highest management at the rotational components promised to him in 2018, used to be confident in August 2021 that the subject might be appeared into later as converting Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel, an OBC, then may affect the birthday party within the five-state meeting elections.

“He has been in quest of readability from best management on whether or not it is going to enforce a rotational components or now not. However there was no readability. We’ve an excellent chance of profitable again in Chhattisgarh however the subject will have to be addressed well timed,” stated a senior Congress chief.

Any other birthday party chief from Chhattisgarh cited the caste equation taking part in in opposition to Deo’s elevation with not up to two years left for elections. 

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“He comes from the higher caste and handiest 6-7 in keeping with cent of the entire state inhabitants is from the higher/minority caste. The state has 32 % tribal inhabitants and 45 in keeping with cent is OBC and Baghel comes from the OBC group. It obviously displays how the chances are stacked in opposition to him (Deo),” stated the chief.

Prior to now few months, Deo has met best management at the factor. “He’s silent however now not sitting quiet and there are reminders from him that incessantly come to state in-charge PL Punia and best leaders. The ball is within the courtroom of the Congress president,” stated a senior birthday party functionary.

Deo not too long ago claimed that Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) contacted him however he’s going to now not go away the Congress.  

“AAP contacted me. I’m brazenly announcing that I’ve now not met AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal. I’m in Congress and can proceed to stay in Congress. I will be able to now not sign up for the BJP as a result of ideological variations… 5 generations of my circle of relatives had been in Congress. I’m really not leaving the birthday party. It’s tricky for me to even suppose past Congress,” he stated.