Rajasthan: K C Venugopal, the general secretary of the Congress, claimed on Wednesday that the party had not exonerated the three Rajasthani unit leaders who had received notices for conducting a duplicate CLP meeting on September 25.
Before departing for Sawai Madhopur to join his party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Mr. Venugopal told reporters at the Jaipur airport that the matter was being looked into by the disciplinary committee.
On September 25, the Congress summoned a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) conference in Jaipur after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot declared his intention to run for party president.
In a separate meeting at the home of state minister Shanti Dhariwal, some MLAs thought to be loyal to the chief minister submitted their resignations to the Speaker amid rumours that Congress politician Sachin Pilot may be named as Mr. Gehlot’s replacement.
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Main whip of the party in the state assembly received show-cause notices from the party
The main whip of the party in the state assembly, Mahesh Joshi, Dharmendra Rathore, and Mr. Dhariwal all received show-cause notices from the party.
When questioned regarding a local media story asserting that the Congress had cleared the three rebel leaders, Mr. Venugopal responded, “The matter is under consideration of the disciplinary committee. No clean chit has been given.” The three chiefs have already responded to the show-cause letters.
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Senior Congressman Ajay Maken informed party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a letter dated last month that he was not interested in continuing to oversee Rajasthan, where the two politicians had travelled to act as central observers for the CLP convention.
However, according to party sources, Mr. Maken was urged to remain in his position.
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