Months after Jyotiraditya Scindia's surprise exit from the Congress party led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, Sachin Pilot tried a similar move in Rajasthan.
For now, CM Ashok Gehlot seems to have been successful in repelling the attack on his throne.
But what explains the regular bouts of infighting in the Congress party?
Speaking to Sunetra Choudhury, Hindustan Times' national political editor, former Karnataka Congress chief, Dinesh Gundu Rao, weighs in on the power tussles when the party is facing an existential crisis.
