Consider the evidence: In Rajasthan, the clock is ticking for Congress

The central Congress reckons most of the problems can be sorted out if the organisation can be controlled

After Punjab, it is the turn of Rajasthan. As the Congress looked inwards and embarked on housekeeping to avert dissidence, party general secretary in charge of Rajasthan, Ajay Maken, was in Jaipur over the weekend to meet around 100 MLAs, out of the Congress’s 115, amid heavy hints by former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot — who rebelled and nearly walked out of the Congress last year with 18 supporters — that he would erupt again if his concerns were not addressed. A Cabinet reshuffle in Rajasthan’s Congress government led by Ashok Gehlot is due in the first fortnight of