Ajay Maken, the final secretary of the Congress, has resigned from his place because the get together’s in-charge for Rajasthan and wrote to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to precise his “inability and unwillingness to continue” in that capability.
Maken, in response to experiences, is livid that Ashok Gehlot’s supporters, who had been handed show-cause notices for holding a separate Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly in Jaipur on September 25, haven’t been punished.
On November 8, Maken despatched a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge expressing his displeasure to proceed his job. Ajay Maken referred to the September 25 conflict during which MLAs loyal to CM Gehlot refused to attend a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly to decide on a brand new chief ministerial candidate.
Maken is reported to have knowledgeable Kharge that he doesn’t have the “moral authority” to stay as AICC normal secretary in command of the state if the problem of MLAs boycotting the CLP assembly isn’t resolved. “I don’t have any moral authority left. With what authority I will interact with the MLAs or discharge my duties as in-charge. There was grave indiscipline but there was no action. Not even an apology,” Maken reportedly wrote within the letter.
Gehlot was a candidate for the get together’s presidential elections on the time, and his resignation as CM was broadly anticipated. Maken and Kharge had been designated as observers for the CLP assembly, at which MLAs had been imagined to authorise the highest brass to pick out a brand new CM face, with Pilot being seen because the frontrunner.
Ashok gehlot with Mallikarjun Kharge. (Image: Hindustan)
Kharge, alternatively, demanded that he keep as an alternative of accepting his resignation. Maken is reported to have resigned after every week of uncertainty. Mahesh Joshi, Dharmendra Rathore, and Shanti Dhariwal organised a parallel convention of MLAs to undertake a decision proclaiming that solely Ashok Gehlot could be recognised as Chief Minister. During the September disaster, Maken particularly sought motion towards these three MLAs.
In his letter dated November 8, Maken emphasised the necessity for a brand new chief to take over as quickly as doable for the reason that Bharat Jodo Yatra will arrive in Rajasthan throughout the first week of December.
The first institutional impediment for the present Congress president is Maken’s determination to resign regardless of Kharge’s urging to take action. He recognized himself as a Rahul Gandhi supporter and promised to help the Congress get together in Delhi.
“Wedded to the ideology of Congress for the last three generations and being in active Congress politics for over 40 years, I will always remain an ardent follower of Rahul Ji, whom I trust and have faith in beyond words,” Maken concluded in his letter.