The case of ‘Gehlot vs Pilot’ in Rajasthan Congress is once again in the headlines. Some BJP leaders are also giving light to these speculations. Recently, in a conversation with a news channel, she was in Congress for decades and now BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi had claimed that Sachin Pilot may join the party soon. This claim has been vehemently rejected by Sachin Pilot himself. He took a sarcasm and said that he may have talked to Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin Pilot said, “Rita Bahuguna Joshi has said she has spoken to Sachin. She might have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar. She doesn’t have the courage to speak to me.”
Why are the ‘Gehlot vs Pilot’ speculations resurfaced?
Last year, Sachin Pilot had launched an open rebellion against CM Ashok Gehlot. Many MLAs were also seen in support of Sachin Pilot. Now some leaders say that the state unit of the Congress, the Pradesh Congress Committee, appears weak on the ground, working with a 39-member team since July last year after Pilot’s open revolt against the state leadership led all local Congress committees were dissolved.
Question on cabinet expansion and no appointments
On June 11, Congress MLA PR Meena was seen openly demanding that the cabinet should be expanded and political appointments should also be made. Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken had first announced political appointments in December last year and then in March, but it was not accepted. Could not be implemented. The pilot says that there is no reason for delays in appointments and cabinet expansion.
The latest case is also that six-time MLA Hemaram Choudhary resigned from the Congress government on 22 May and he seems reluctant to withdraw his resignation. Another MLA Ved Prakash Solanki has threatened to resign. Both are associated with the faction of former state Congress president and former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot. Talk of the meeting of Hemaram Chaudhary and Pilot is also coming to the fore. The story of the discord does not end here as two ministers considered very close to Gehlot allegedly had an altercation during the recent cabinet meeting.
Meanwhile, all eyes are on the high command’s pitches to resolve these issues or else new factions coming to the party every year are ringing alarm bells for the Congress, which is also testing time in other states like Punjab. is facing.
