Jaipur: With Sachin Pilot staying agency on his demand for motion in opposition to alleged corruption in the course of the earlier Vasundhara Raje authorities and his ongoing energy tussle with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the Congress management seems to be on the sting for the time being. There’s intense hypothesis in regards to the Rajasthan Congress MLA’s subsequent political transfer, with sources claiming that he would possibly stop the occasion and both be part of BJP or float a brand new political outfit.
According to the Rajasthan Congress sources, Pilot, for the time being, is in no hurry and awaiting a definitive response from the occasion’s excessive command. Sources near him declare that he’s targeted solely on the fulfilment of his calls for that the Ashok Gehlot authorities takes motion in opposition to alleged corruption in the course of the earlier BJP regime and acts on problems with the youth resembling these associated to authorities recruitment examination paper leaks.
The sources additional declare that Pilot isn’t pleased with the end result of his assembly with CM Gehlot, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi final week because it didn’t lead to any decision of “core issues” between the 2 Rajasthan bigwigs.
Gehlot-Pilot Power Tussle
Gehlot and his former deputy have been engaged in an influence tussle for the reason that Congress shaped authorities within the state in 2018 and the occasion is searching for to dealer peace between the 2 forward of the meeting elections within the state, slated for later this 12 months.
Pilot Likely To Clear His Next Move On June 11
There is intense hypothesis that Pilot could give a transparent indication of his manner ahead on June 11 when he marks his father’s dying anniversary in Dausa. “He (Pilot) is waiting for a response from the party leadership, the ball is in their court,” a supply near him stated. Leaders near Pilot stated he has taken a “principled position” and it’s not about posts. The problems with corruption and paper leaks are his high precedence, they added.
What Are Sachin Pilot’s Key Demands?
Besides graft, Pilot’s two different calls for had been reconstituting the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) and making recent appointments in it, and compensation for these affected by the cancellation of presidency recruitment exams following paper leaks.
The preparations for the programme marking Rajesh Pilot’s dying anniversary, which is held yearly, are happening in full swing in Dausa and are being supervised by Minister of State for Agriculture Marketing Murari Lal Meena, who is understood to be near Pilot.
With all eyes on that programme, Meena advised reporters, “I have no idea from where the speculation of the new party started. I do not see any substance in such speculations. I work following the ideology of the party.”
The Congress final Thursday had stated the occasion is supreme and can battle the Rajasthan Assembly polls unitedly to emerge victorious, an assertion that got here after Pilot refused to budge from his calls for.
In a bid to defuse the tensions, Kharge and Gandhi had held marathon discussions with Gehlot and Pilot individually final week, sources had stated. They had later posed for pictures at Kharge’s 10 Rajaji Marg residence right here. After the conferences, the occasion stated Gehlot and Pilot have agreed to battle the upcoming meeting elections unitedly and have left all points to be resolved by the occasion excessive command.
Addressing reporters after the assembly earlier this week, Congress basic secretary (organisation) Ok C Venugopal had stated, “Both the leaders, Ashok ji and Sachin ji, agreed to the proposal on these things.” Asked what proposal he was speaking out, Venugopal had stated, “Both have left it to the (party) high command.”
Gehlot and Pilot have been engaged in an influence tussle for the reason that Congress shaped authorities within the state in 2018. In 2020, Pilot led a revolt in opposition to the Gehlot authorities after which he was faraway from the posts of the occasion’s state unit president and deputy chief minister.
Last 12 months, an try by the excessive command to impact a management change in Rajasthan had failed after Gehlot loyalists dug their heels in and didn’t permit a legislature occasion assembly to happen. Pilot had final month defied a warning from the occasion and went forward with a day-long quick concentrating on Gehlot over his “inaction” on the problem of alleged corruption.
