Jaipur, Aug. 4 -- A comment loaded with political overtones, by Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra snowballed into a verbal feud among leaders within the grand old party bringing to fore political infighting and factionalism ahead of the impending local body elections.

All this began amid cheers and elations on the occasion of the rejoining into Congress from the BJP, of former Rajasthan Minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya along with his 300 supporters last week. Malviya brought his workers in 5 buses from Banswara Dungargarh to join the Congress at the PCC office here.

However, prior to going to the state party office, the group went to the residence of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to seek his blessing who recieved them ...