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Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 8
Ahead of the Rajasthan Assembly session called by Governor Kalraj Mishra on August 14, the BJP on Saturday shifted many MLAs to Gujarat's Porbandar. The saffron party may also move some MLAs to Madhya Pradesh, it is learnt.
The move comes amid reports of Ashok Gehlot trying to influence them. Though according to BJP leaders, the MLAs were being "harassed" by the state police and administration, and therefore decided to go on a "pilgrimage voluntarily", until now it was Gehlot who was accusing the BJP of "horse-trading" and trying to "poach" Congress MLAs to topple his government in Rajasthan.
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The Congress imbroglio in Rajasthan has also exposed factionalism and contours of different groups within the BJP. Though the BJP leaders say "it is just a matter of time" before the Gehlot government falls under its own weight, they do not want to take any chance, given the long gap before the Assembly session.
There appears to be a clear "directive" from Nagpur that the person holding the top post should be from saffron/Sangh 'parivaar'. Therefore, if the Gehlot government falls, the next question would be "which BJP leader will be the Chief Minister". Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who has been keeping away from the BJP meetings in Jaipur, met party chief JP Nadda "to discuss the political situation in Rajasthan".
In states like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, there is no dearth of in-house talent from the Sangh background.
In those terms, Congress rebel Sachin Pilot is "certainly a misfit" despite BJP state chief Satish Poonia saying: "Sachin Pilot revolted to become the Chief Minister...there is a history in the country that those who have fewer MLAs go on to become chief ministers."
Though Raje is said to have the support of around 40 MLAs, there are others in the running, including Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and state leaders Om Mathur and Satish Poonia with their large network of party cadres and "Nagpur" connection. Leader of the Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria is another hopeful, though he is above 75.
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