The power tussle between Minister T.S. Singh Deo and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel intensified on July 18. While a large number of MLAs reportedly asked the State leadership to take disciplinary action against Mr. Deo, the disgruntled Minister himself headed to Delhi to hold a "conversation with the Congress high command about the current events".
Sources said that at a meeting of party legislators on Sunday, a large number of MLAs accused Mr. Deo of giving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an issue it could exploit in the coming days and demanded strong action against him. Mr. Deo did not attend this meeting as he had pre-scheduled social events in his home district of Ambikapur.
