NEW DELHI: Hours after Jyotiraditya Scindia joined BJP, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted an old picture with the former aide in which he had urged him to exercise patience in his political ambitions.Rahul also dismissed queries that he refused to meet Scindia when the latter had sought time from him."He is only person who could walk into my house any time. I went to college with him," agencies quoted him as saying.While most Congress functionaries attacked Scindia after he quit the party and joined BJP, Rajasthan deputy CM and party unit chief Sachin Pilot was guarded in his reaction. " Unfortunate to see @JM_Scindia parting ways with @INCIndia. I wish things could have been resolved collaboratively within the party ," he tweeted .Rahul tweeted the picture he had taken with Scindia and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath.Tweeted moments after Kamal Nath was named the chief minister on December 13, 2018, the photo was captioned, "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time - Leo Tolstoy".Then, it was widely viewed as Rahul Gandhi urging Scindia to have patience in the pursuit of his ambition. Nath became the state president ahead of 2018 elections as he was supported by senior leader Digvijaya Singh in the faction-ridden state unit, which made him the putative CM. He was eventually named to the post after Congress won the elections. Scindia came to be viewed as rival to the Nath faction in MP Congress.As Rahul retweeted the 15-month old photograph without any additional words, it was seen as the Congress member lamenting that Scindia did not heed his advice for the long game.Well-placed sources said Scindia's departure had little to do with Rajya Sabha nomination or even his demand for state leadership. "It was his ego tussle with Nath and Singh, plain and simple. He just lost patience," a party insider said.Congress desisted from commenting on Scindia. "It is unfortunate. The party nurtured him, gave him honour and respect. He has been a colleague. I will not comment any further. It is for him to see," AICC spokesman Anand Sharma said.With Scindia's departure setting the stage for collapse of the Congress government in Bhopal, AICC accused BJP of toppling governments led by rival parties."BJP is intolerant towards non-BJP governments which have come to office with popular mandate. It happened months ago in Karnataka and earlier in Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur," Sharma said.However, murmurs within Congress over the turn of events continued. "Very unfortunate that we lost a senior leader like Jyotiraditya Scindia. It needs a thorough introspection whether Scindia alone is responsible.After 15 years of BJP misrule, we came to power and we could not retain it even for 15 months," AICC functionary PL Punia tweeted.