Factional feuds are nothing new in the Congress, the grand old party of India, but it now seems to be emerging as a major threat to the survival of its governments in states where it enjoys power. Close on the heels of fall of its government in Madhya Pradesh with one of its young leader Jyotiraditya Scindia switching over to the Bharatiya Janata Party with several of its supporting legislations came the crisis of similar proportions, in Rajasthan. The fracas between the state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot has every sign of reaching a crescendo with