The coming time can be difficult for Tejashwi Yadav. The BJP is trying his best to ensure that investigating agencies make up the cases against Tejashwi in any way so that it gets stamped in the court as well and he is disqualified from contesting the elections. It is said that some officers of Bihar associated with the investigating agency had already warned Tejashwi that ‘he should get his papers in order as soon his family will be attacked’, but Tejashwi took his words as a joke. After this, RJD’s Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha organized a tea party in honor of Tejashwi at his home in Delhi, in which, apart from leaders of various parties, a former director of IB also attended. This former director is also from Bihar. That former director had cautioned Tejashwi only then, saying, “The entire team of CBI and ED is going to come to your house for investigation.” Tejashwi then made fun of his words by saying that ‘Pandit ji, keep in mind that we are not pandits. If they come, we will beat with sticks.”

The BJP leadership plans to hold the general elections of 2024 on schedule, but with that election, the assembly elections of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan could also be held, so that in these state assembly elections, on the lines of the Lok Sabha elections, vote can garnered on Modi’s face.

Recently, the important representative meeting of the Sangh has ended in Samalkha, Haryana, and there was a round of intense brainstorming about the functioning of the BJP governments in the meeting. But on the other hand, one or two big leaders of the party in Delhi have complained about the work of Union Ministers and Chief Ministers, claiming that they are constantly being accused of corruption and administrative failure. Two chief ministers of the states and more than half a dozen Union ministers have been suggested to be replaced, which may have been the reason why Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was summoned to Delhi in the middle of the assembly session. Similarly, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who has almost completed his two terms, came to Delhi and met the top leadership. Some people have said to consider several other options including Subodh Uniyal to replace Dhami and Karnal MP Sanjay Bhatia to replace Manohar Lal Khattar. Sources say that Acharya Devvrat, the current governor of Gujarat, is also being floated as an alternative to Manohar Lal. He has been associated with the Sangh for a long time and is one of the senior leaders of the Arya Samaj in Haryana. It is believed that there may be a change of leadership in both these states sometime before March 31. On the other hand informed sources have denied the change of leadership in Haryana because Manohar Lal is in the ‘good book’ of the High Command and now the state elections are also round the corner. At least he is not accused of corruption. Similarly in Uttarakhand too, no other name is emerging as a strong alternative to Pushkar Singh Dhami. So according to sources, status quo will remain in Haryana and Uttarakhand between these conflicting reports. In addition to this, there are preparations to send about 8 Union Ministers to the BJP organization and this work can also be done sometime before May 15.

Opposite to his cousin Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Varun Gandhi is being a little more careful in projecting the new face of India in foreign forums. On the one hand, while Rahul Gandhi, on three other occasions, including at the University of Cambridge in London, spoke about the threat to democracy in India, Varun turned down the invitation to the Oxford Union in which he had to debate how successful India is under Modi’s leadership. This invitation was sent to Varun from the office of Oxford Union President Matthew Dick. Varun first received the invitation through an e-mail, after which Mathew’s assistant Sultan Khokhar contacted him over the phone. At a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going to London and living there with the idea that democracy in India is under threat, Varun’s refusal to speak against the Oxford Union proposal can be dismissed for many political reasons. As Varun also said in his reply to the Oxford Union, “I believe that such issues should be raised within the periphery of the country and between the policy makers here. Foreign forums are not the appropriate place for it.” In fact, Varun reiterated in his private conversation that ‘it is a form of treason to say such negative and misleading things about India on foreign soil.” And this ‘thing’ pleased his party ‘top’ too.

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Priyanka Gandhi may get more important responsibilities in the Congress organization in the coming days. It seems that in Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s new team, Priyanka Gandhi can be retained as General Secretary. Apart from this, she can also be made the election in-charge of an important state like Madhya Pradesh. Along with this, she can also be entrusted with the coordination of Himachal Pradesh. In fact, Kharge wants ‘Priyanka to be made more effective in the organization by making her the general secretary’, but Sonia and Rahul fear that this will give the BJP an opportunity to attack them that ‘Congress has merely changed the face of its topmost leader, otherwise all the important decisions are still being taken by the Gandhi family’.

Recently, Vasundhara Raje Scindia called an important meeting of her core group. If sources are to be believed, in that meeting it was decided that the process of selecting candidates for all 200 assembly seats of Rajasthan should start from now. First of all, a list of strong contenders should be prepared seat by seat and on this 5-7 names may come on a seat. After this, a ground survey should be conducted for each seat and the name of the most suitable candidate should be brought forward. Then a final list of candidates for 200 seats should be prepared and sent to Delhi High Command. And after this, the final decision on the list should be taken by the Delhi High Command. On the other hand, the High Command has also kept the Vasundhara factor in full consideration. In this connection, Vasundhara Raje may soon meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda.

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There has been controversy over Rahul Gandhi’s speech in London, while Rahul met his party president Mallikarjun Kharge before going to London. Kharge told Rahul that ‘when he returns from London to Delhi after three-four days, then he will send a few leaders, from states where elections are to be held, to meet Rahul.’ However, Rahul’s response stunned Kharge as the Gandhi scion said, “I will come back later. You know that even a good car has to be sent for servicing after 3 months.”