The Vaghela conundrum for Congress

Will party accept his demand of sole control of state affairs and selection of candidates

From walking out of a high-level meeting chaired by Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi to unfollowing him and other party leaders on social media, Shankersinh Vaghela seems to have made himself heard within the party.
 
Just a few months ahead of the Gujarat Assembly polls, the former chief minister of the state and former Union minister, also known as Bapu, has created a stir within the party through his recent actions. Last Sunday, Vaghela unfollowed Gandhi along with the party president’s political secretary, Ahmed Patel, and Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Bharatsinh Solanki on Twitter.
 
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