January 14 was to be an enormous day for Congress as Rahul Gandhi began his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur. Nevertheless, the day was eclipsed by Milind Deora’s stunning choice to give up Congress. Deora severed his household’s 5 decades-old ties with the celebration. Whereas Deora reportedly give up over the Mumbai South seat that Congress agreed to provide to Shiv Sena-UBT, his transfer to give up Congress reveals the grand previous celebration’s disregard for younger and dynamic leaders. The image that you’re seeing above is a testomony to this. This picture has 5 leaders – Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora, Jitin Prasada, RPN Singh, and Jyotiraditya Scindia. Aside from ‘disgruntled’ Pilot, all of the 4 leaders have left the Congress celebration to hitch the BJP or NDA allies. Let’s check out the timeline when key leaders give up Congress:
11 March 2020: Scindia
The large shock for Congress got here in 2020 when Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned and joined the BJP. As soon as amongst Rahul Gandhi’s closest aides, Scindia’s transfer led to the autumn of the Kamal Nath Authorities within the state. In response to reviews, Scindia was not pleased after being sidelined for Kamal Nath by the celebration. Scindia not solely ended his 18-year affiliation with the Congress but in addition laid the bottom for protecting Congress in opposition within the state. He was additionally amongst these few Congress leaders who supported the Modi authorities’s transfer to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
9 June 2021: Jitin Prasada
A yr later, one other man pictured on this picture left Congress. He was the senior Congress chief and former Union minister Jitin Prasada. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion. Prasada was among the many G-23 leaders who raised their voices demanding overhauling of the celebration organisation.
25 January 2022: RPN Singh
Months later, former MP from Kushinagar and former union minister RPN Singh joined the BJP. It was a setback for the Congress as Singh was additionally the celebration’s in-charge for Jharkhand affairs.
Sachin Pilot And Himanta Sarma
Regardless of being upset with the celebration management, Sachin Pilot has thus far saved his playing cards near his chest. Similar to Scindia confronted Kamal Nath, Pilot has been upset with Ashok Gehlot. Nevertheless, it began in August 2015 when Himanta Biswa Sarma, a dynamic chief from Assam, left Congress and joined the BJP after being ignored by Tarun Gogoi, then CM of Assam. In all these three circumstances, Congress opted to stay with its senior guards like Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot and Tarun Gogoi. Whereas it misplaced Sarma and Scindia, the celebration has been on its toes to maintain Pilot in its flock. Right now, Congress has misplaced floor in Assam, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It has misplaced reference to individuals in Uttar Pradesh from the place RPN Singh and Jitina Prasada belong.
These are a few of the many situations of younger leaders deserting Congress. In June 2022, Hardik Patel had left Congress to hitch the BJP in Gujarat. In December 2022, the BJP had formally inducted former Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergil. This reveals that the Congress celebration isn’t prepared to simply accept the younger leaders taking cost. It may be a concern issue inside Congress {that a} rise of younger leaders might problem the authority of Rahul Gandhi. When Shashi Tharoor filed for the Congress president submit, the Gandhi household not directly backed veteran chief Mallikarjun Kharge who wouldn’t make any radical change within the organisation with out the approval of the Gandhi household.
VIDEO | “First, Assam’s common secretary (Apurba Bhattacharjee) resigned (from Congress), and now Milind Deora has too. The Congress ‘Todo’ Yatra has begun. Rahul Gandhi has to reply concerning the injustice he has achieved to the celebration and its leaders,” says BJP chief… pic.twitter.com/OBLwxfxJB0
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Then again, the BJP isn’t cautious of giving reigns within the arms of younger leaders. Right now, Scindia is taking care of the Union Aviation Ministry whereas comparatively youthful faces got CM posts in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma has ensured two straight phrases for the BJP.
