The Congress party, late on Monday following a meeting with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, came out projecting a united front, saying that the two senior leaders have decided to fight together against the BJP in the upcoming polls.
“We have decided to fight the elections unitedly. Definitely, we will win the elections in Rajasthan. Both Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have unanimously agreed with the proposal,” Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal told reporters.
This came following a four-hour-long meet between Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, besides other senior leaders of the party.
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The Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) has been in a state of turmoil since July 2020, when Pilot staged a revolt seeking a leadership change in the state.
This came following a four-hour-long meet between Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, besides other senior leaders of the party.The party had then removed him as Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president. But tension has been simmering since then. The latest flare-up came after Pilot sat on a daylong hunger strike in Jaipur in April demanding action in corruption cases against the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government.
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The Congress had roped in veteran Kamal Nath to mediate between the two sides. Nath met Pilot and AICC general secretary in charge of organisation K C Venugopal. But nothing came out of those talks. Gehlot’s statement earlier this month that Raje, his predecessor, helped save his government in 2020 by opposing the BJP’s attempts to bribe MLAs sparked more tension.
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Pilot then hit back at Gehlot, saying it appeared that his leader was Raje and not Sonia Gandhi and then undertook a five-day yatra to demand action in corruption cases. The positions of both sides have only hardened since then, with Pilot giving the state government an ultimatum and threatening to launch a statewide agitation if three of his demands were not met and the CM saying that demanding compensation for students who have suffered due to paper leaks is a sign of “mental bankruptcy”.
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