THE Congress may have prevented an Uttar Pradesh-style BJP coup in Gujarat after Dilip Parikh replaced Shankersinh Vaghela as chief minister on October 28, but political uncertainty persists in the state. Parikh, who heads a 16-member Rashtriya Janata Party ministry supported by the Congress, will have to conjure up all his survival skills to face a looming BJP threat. He also has to contend with two lines of control—Vaghela, who will definitely want to have a say in matters of governance, as well as the Congress, which has insisted on a coordination committee, giving the party a say in all major decisions.