Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: Leader of Opposition Rameshwar Dudi follows Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot to New Delhi

As the day of counting of votes inches close, with passing each minute, the state Congress leaders are flying to New Delhi. The leaders including PCC chief Sachin Pilot and AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot who are already in Delhi got another company in form of Leader of Opposition Rameshwar Dudi who arrived in the national capital on Sunday afternoon.

Rounds of meetings in New Delhi, over possibilities of government formation in Rajasthan, have been going on since the past two days. As bright chances of the Congress party returning to power were indicated in the exit polls, the senior leaders are holding meeting and churning out strategy to form government in state.

On Saturday, Pilot and Gehlot met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and discussed party strategy over government formation possibilities. The weekend saw another round of informal meetings. Senior party leaders from the state including Raghu Sharma, Pramod Jain Bhaya and Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya called on Pilot at his residence in New Delhi and held informal discussions.

Later these leaders along with Juber Khan, Ramesh Meena, Krishna Punia and Ashok Chandna also met Ashok Gehlot at 24 Akbar Road, the Congress party headquarters. With arrival of Dudi in Delhi, it appears that the party high command wishes to discuss and take feedback from him too on government formation.

Sources said that Dudi has been sidelined in the inner circles of the party after his suggestions were rejected in ticket distribution. Pilot and Dudi reportedly had an altercation over tickets to candidates on selected seats. This resulted in his absence from the launching of party manifesto in Jaipur which fuelled speculations about his differences with Pilot. On Saturday, when top party leaders reached New Delhi, Dudi took one more day to decide to reach there.

It is not clear whether he has been summoned by the party high command or he reached Delhi on his own will like others. 

“All leaders from state are reaching Delhi to meet party leaders. There is nothing abnormal in Dudi landing here,” said a senior leader who is present in New Delhi. 

ALL EYES ON DELHI

The leaders including PCC chief Sachin Pilot and AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot who are already in Delhi got another company in form of Leader of Opposition Rameshwar Dudi who arrived in the national capital on Sunday afternoon.