Congress MP and former party chief Rahul Gandhi said that Jyotiraditya Scindia is the “only one” who can walk into his house anytime

Congress MP and former party chief Rahul Gandhi said that Jyotiraditya Scindia is the “only one” who can walk into his house anytime. “He was with me in college,” Gandhi said, breaking his silence on the exit of Scindia from the party. Jyotiraditya Scindia — a prominent face of the Congress from Madhya Pradesh — quit the party this week. Reportedly, Scindia, who was increasingly finding himself sidelined within the Congress, had been wanting to meet Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia to discuss his position in the party.

The two, however, did not meet Scindia forcing the former Guna MP to quit the party and join the Bharatiya Janata Party, according to reports. When asked about these reports on Wednesday in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi told media persons, “Jyotiraditya is the only one who can walk in my house anytime… He was with me in college.”

Gandhi’s comments came hours after Scindia joined the BJP at an event in Delhi. Scindia joined the party a day after making public that he was quitting the party. The exit of Scindia, who was long seen as a close aide to Rahul Gandhi and part of the latter’s ‘new guard’, has pushed the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh to the brink of a collapse.

Jyotiraditya Scindia is believed to be leading a pack of around 20 Congress MLAs who may withdraw support to the government, forcing it to collapse. The MLAs in question have already sent letters expressing their desire to quit the Madhya Pradesh assembly.