Ahmadabad: The three-day chintan shivir of the Congress in Udaipur, Rajasthan, has begun from Thursday. The pain of many Congress veterans in this chintan shivir is that they were not invited, but the number two leader of the Gujarat Congress, working state president Hardik Patel, has withdrawn from the party's event even after receiving the invitation. Hardik Patel did not attend the first day of the ongoing chintan shivir in Udaipur.
On the one hand, while Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi gave a clear message to the leaders to stay united and speak on the party forum, on the other hand, speculation has started about what message Hardik Patel wants to convey to the high command by leaving the meeting. There is also speculation in the political corridors whether Hardik will leave the party. Will he join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or does hardik, the state's number two leader who has been marginalised in the Gujarat Congress for some time now, want to put pressure on the party's high command to take cognizance of his anguish?
Know what is in Hardik's mind, only Hardik knows. But one thing is clear that Hardik has sent a strong message to the Congress high command. With assembly elections in Gujarat scheduled this year, Hardik's displeasure, overcoming the infighting of the Gujarat Congress has become a headache for the Congress leadership. Now it remains to be seen how the Congress can overcome this problem.
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