The long-awaited Rajasthan cabinet reshuffle is finally underway, but not without a message.
Firstly, following the Punjab model, the central leadership has made it clear that they will call the shots. The list of ministers and portfolios has been extensively revisited by top officials and even Ashok Gehlot has been forced to agree. The first indication of this is that five independent candidates close to Gehlot have not been given any berths and only one BSP leader has been given a ministerial post.
Out of the 11 Congress leaders who are taking oath, five are from the Sachin Pilot camp. Of these, three are of cabinet rank and two are ministers of state. The three MoS who have also been promoted to cabinet rank are from Scheduled Castes as well as another. Sources say this was one of Pilot’s suggestions that SCs and Dalits have a greater stake in the reshuffle. Several advisors and parliamentary secretaries have been appointed to pacify the losers.
There is a big political strategy of the Gandhi family behind the reshuffle. The central leadership did not want to repeat what happened in Punjab, where Captain Amarinder Singh took the plunge. A top Congress source said that the Gandhi family in Rajasthan is trying to strike a balance. Gehlot has been very cooperative in choosing and shaping the cabinet. However, by pacifying Pilot and listening to his many suggestions, Gandhi also sent a message to the MLAs and Chief Minister in Rajasthan that there would be no change at the top level, but Pilot would remain an integral part of Rajasthan. Politics.
For now, it is clear that Pilot has made his way and his men have been accommodated, but Gandhi also wants Pilot to ensure that there is no infighting in Rajasthan: Gehlot to a Chief Minister and the pilot comes along and assumes a bigger national role.
However, the footprint behind the decision is very clear in Punjab and now Rajasthan: although the Gandhi family has yet to show that they can win elections, they want to send a message to the organization and the party that they are the masters and as far as As regards the affairs of the states, the authority of the central leadership is enormous.
A source close to Pilot said the reshuffle was just a small step towards the larger demand that the leader should replace Gehlot at some point. Though the decision may not be easy as Gehlot still has the maximum number of MLAs, in politics, no one knows.
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