Express News Service
NEW DELHI: While there’s a buzz concerning the change of guard in Rajasthan following Sachin Pilot’s current assembly with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, hassle is brewing in occasion dominated Chhattisgarh with state cabinet minister TS Singh Deo urgent for a fast resolution on his elevation as state CM and emphasising how indecisiveness might hurt the occasion.
Deo, who has been ready for readability from the highest management on the rotational formulation promised to him in 2018, was assured in August 2021 that the matter will likely be regarded into later as altering Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, an OBC, then might affect the occasion within the five-state meeting elections.
“He has been seeking clarity from top leadership on whether it will implement a rotational formula or not. But there has been no clarity. We have a good chance of winning back in Chhattisgarh but the matter should be addressed timely,” stated a senior Congress chief.
Another occasion chief from Chhattisgarh cited the caste equation enjoying towards Deo’s elevation with lower than two years left for elections.
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“He comes from the upper caste and only 6-7 per cent of the total state population is from the upper/minority caste. The state has 32 percent tribal population and 45 per cent is OBC and Baghel comes from the OBC community. It clearly shows how the odds are stacked against him (Deo),” stated the chief.
In the previous few months, Deo has met high management on the difficulty. “He is silent but not sitting quiet and there are reminders from him that regularly come to state in-charge PL Punia and top leaders. The ball is in the court of the Congress president,” stated a senior occasion functionary.
Deo just lately claimed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contacted him however he is not going to depart the Congress.
“AAP contacted me. I am openly saying that I have not met AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal. I am in Congress and will continue to remain in Congress. I will not join the BJP because of ideological differences… Five generations of my family have been in Congress. I am not leaving the party. It is difficult for me to even think beyond Congress,” he stated.
