The Congress has gone into a saving
mode. It is trying to save its government in Arunachal Pradesh. The
battle for survival begins following a renewed bid by dissident leader
and former finance minister Kalikho Pul to knock over Chief minister
Nabam Tuki.
Right now we hear from
sources within the party that Kalikho Pul has roped in 22 Congress
legislators and they need six more to be identified as a break group in
the State assembly. BJP already has 11 MLA's and that will easily take
him past the halfway mark of 30 among the 60 member house.
Right
now Pul is making efforts to console six Congress MLA's to avoid
disqualification on the ground of defection. If not they will ont be
recognized as separate group in the assembly.
An
inside member said, "The Government is going to collapse any time. Our
only target is to prevent other party MLA's from joining the group. We
have told them that all their grievances will be addressed." We need to
wait few more days to know the fate of Congress.