Beyond the pale: On Rajasthan drama

The emergence of purported evidence of horse-trading to craft a split in the Rajasthan Congress and the subsequent relocations by the camps of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot have shown that there are always fresh techniques up the sleeves of Indian political leaders. The opposing sides have actually provided differing accounts of what led to the political crisis that continues to play out, however some elementary realities appear significantly self-evident. Mr. Pilot has actually been acting in tandem, if not in connivance, with the BJP, though there can be a disagreement relating to the endgame. A charitable view of his actions is that he simply wanted to increase the pressure on the Congress central leadership to intervene in the prolonged turf war he has been combating with Mr. Gehlot. And it is definitely within comprehension, though a bit startling, that he and the BJP have actually been conspiring to tear down the government he himself belonged to till a couple of days back. The pattern of activities and the characters all indicate the overlap in between his plans and the BJP’s. Even prior to Mr. Pilot made public his displeasure with Mr. Gehlot, the MLAs suppo