Amid the political crisis in Rajasthan, the Congress on Tuesday issued show cause notices to three loyalists of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for “grave indiscipline” and sought a reply within 10 days, but did not seek any action against Mr. Gehlot himself.
This keeps the possibility of Mr. Gehlot’s candidature for the party’s presidential election open even though there is no official word from the Rajasthan Chief Minister or the Congress on whether he would file his nomination. Only three days remain now for the nomination process to end on September 30.
There is also talk of a “plan B” among Gandhi family loyalists for the presidential election, with the names of leaders like Digvijaya Singh, and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, doing the rounds.
