On Sunday, in a fundamental development, Congress leader Sachin Pilot, who has been expressing conflicting notes against the party and is talked about not seeing eye-to-eye with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, was drafted into the Congress Working Committee.
Just before the Rajasthan Assembly polls, scheduled later this year, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge brought significant changes to the CWC on Sunday.
Apart from Pilot being inducted into the party’s central leadership, the likes of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Jairam Ramesh, Shashi Tharoor, Naseer Hussain, Alka Lamba, Praniti Shinde, Supriya Srinate, Pawan Khera, Ganesh Godiyal, and Yashomati Thakur also found places in the panel.
The decision to bring Sachin Pilot into the party’s central leadership could be part of the Congress’s strategy to avoid any disagreements with Gehlot ahead of the significant state elections.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, CM Gehlot said the Congress would return to power by a handsome majority in the upcoming Assembly elections this year.
A meeting of Rajasthan Congress leaders was also held in the presence of the party’s state unit president Govind Singh Dotasara, CM Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot, and party’s state in charge, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Jaipur.
After the meeting, Gehlot told media persons, “The Congress will return with a huge mandate. The people have made up their minds to bring us back to power in Rajasthan.”
He further said the party’s poll preparations are already underway. On August 17, the BJP announced the formation of the state’s election manifesto committee and the Rajasthan election management committee.
Lok Sabha MP Arjun Ram Meghwal was named the chairman of the BJP’s state manifesto committee, with Lal Meena, Alka Gurjar, Ravi Rajendra Singh, Subhash Maurya, Prabhu Lal Saini, and Rakhi Rathore as co-conveners.
