Ahead of the Rajasthan election, Congress excessive command at this time scrambled to get issues so as and douse the flare-up between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete-noire Sachin Pilot. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in addition to Rahul Gandhi held a gathering with each the leaders in Delhi which was adopted by a late-night press temporary the place they vowed to combat the BJP united within the upcoming state meeting elections.
Addressing the media, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal mentioned that each – Pilot and Gehlot – have agreed to place up a joint combat in opposition to the BJP within the state. “On Rajasthan assembly elections, Congress president and Rahul Gandhi ji had a detailed four-hour long discussion with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and incharge also. We have decided to fight elections unitedly. Definitely, we will win the elections in Rajasthan. Both Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have unanimously agreed with the proposal. It will be a joint fight against BJP, we will win the state,” mentioned Venugopal.
अशोक गहलोत जी और सचिन पायलट जी मिलकर चुनाव लड़ेंगे। हम राजस्थान जीतने जा रहे हैं।
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He mentioned that each the leaders have left the management determination to the celebration’s excessive command. Sachin Pilot has been always attacking CM Gehlot citing inaction in opposition to corruption in the course of the earlier BJP authorities led by Vasundhara Raje. Pilot and Gehlot got here head to head within the presence of the celebration management after an extended hole as they collectively shared a stage final time throughout Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and one other press meet in Delhi.
The Congress excessive command was compelled to carry a gathering with the 2 leaders after Pilot gave an ultimatum to the Gehlot authorities. Pilot not too long ago mentioned that if his three calls for aren’t met by the top of this month, he would launch a statewide agitation. On the opposite hand, Gehlot mentioned that the celebration’s excessive command is robust and it’ll by no means supply any place to any chief or employee to pacify him.
The Rajasthan unit of the Congress celebration has confronted important upheaval since July 2020, when Sachin Pilot led a riot to demand a change in management inside the state. As a results of the revolt, Pilot was faraway from his place as Deputy Chief Minister and likewise relieved of his duties because the state Congress President. Since then, tensions have continued inside the celebration’s state unit, and the disaster escalated additional in September of final yr in the course of the celebration President’s election.
Rajasthan will go to polls round Novermber and December this yr.
