Congress / Chhattisgarh CM summoned again by Congress

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been summoned once more through the Congress’s principal management and he's anticipated to be in Delhi on Friday amidst the persevering with a power struggle among him and State Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo. Party sources did now no longer rule out an alternate of defending withinside the State, though Mr Baghel is resisting.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 26, 2021, 06:18 PM

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been summoned once more through the Congress’s principal management and he's anticipated to be in Delhi on Friday amidst the persevering with a power struggle among him and State Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo. Party sources did now no longer rule out an alternate of defending withinside the State, though Mr Baghel is resisting it.


On Tuesday, Mr Baghel and Mr Deo met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi to solve the difficulty. Mr Deo has invoked the guarantee made through Mr Gandhi, whilst he becomes main the celebration in 2018 that the Minister might be exceeded over the reins of the State midway thru the tenure. Following the meeting, the party’s State in charge P.L. Punia had advised newshounds that the difficulty of leadership alternate become now no longer discussed, indicating Mr Baghel will continue.


The Congress has sixty-eight MLAs withinside the 90 member Chhattisgarh meeting and the excessive command is stated to be assessing the threat of effecting a leadership alternate. Mr Gandhi is reportedly keen that the mid-course alternate of defending agreed upon through each leader needs to be honoured. With the celebration’s function numerically very strong in the meeting, the central management is assured that a rebellion through both Mr Deo or Mr Baghel may be reined in.


MMrBaghel returned to Chhattisgarh on Wednesday to a rousing welcome at the airport through his supporters and loyalist MLAs. All alongside Thursday, greater than 30 MLAs have visited him.