Former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot fell into his own trap as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot shattered his dream of becoming next Nitish Kumar of Rajasthan. According to sources, the state BJP is also happy that the conspiracy did not succeed. However, Pilot is getting the support of the BJP from behind the scenes.
Sources say that it is with BJP’s help that Pilot has accommodated the MLAs in hotels and from there, the BJP also helped him in making a strategy to go to court on Thursday. Keep in mind the case of former Congress leader Natwar Singh, Sachin Pilot is neither speaking against the Congress nor against the Gehlot government. His recent statement of not leaving the Congress is also thought of as a part of the strategy.
Pilot is succeeding in garnering full sympathy through media bodies by talking about not leaving the Congress. He is seeking media’s help in releasing statements from sources that he wishes to. Last Wednesday, a statement from Rahul Gandhi was obtained by sources in which it was known that Rahul Gandhi had approached the chief minister about Pilot, although there is no evidence of the correct source. In the last three days, the media has issued many more such statements about Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in which the same message was given to the three leaders to be polite towards Pilot. Many leaders of the party did not fail to adopt this attitude of Pilot and cultivate sympathy. Apart from this act, continuous attempts were also being made to weaken Gehlot.
While CM Gehlot has been saying from day one that BJP was conspiring to overthrow his government by buying and selling, he has also mentioned that his own leaders have been involved in this conspiracy. On Wednesday, Gehlot directly accused Pilot of conspiring with BJP to overthrow the government. Even after that, an attempt was made to garner media sympathy for Pilot.
According to sources, there were two formulae in place. The first formula was that 30-32 MLAs would be brought on the lines of MP and they should not be told anything. Then after the fall of the government, BJP will form the government. Ministries will be given. Later when by-elections will be held, the BJP will win and Pilot would be given one of the top five ministries at the Centre. All this was to be done before the Rajya Sabha elections so that the BJP could also win the second Rajya Sabha seat.
CM Gehlot cracked down on the matter and the whole plan was put on hold. The high command was informed with the evidence of the case and now the strategy should be to remain calm till the election. Sources say that Rahul Gandhi called Sachin Pilot, asked him to leave the post of state president. Sonia Gandhi had also given green light to the name for the new state president. But after the Rajya Sabha election was over, when asked to leave the post of state president, Pilot did not agree.
The second formula was to make a regional party after weaning away 30-32 MLAs, and then become CM with the BJP’s support, just like Nitish Kumar in Bihar. But CM Gehlot’s alacrity stopped this from happening. Before this operation could be carried out, Gehlot had played his dice. The BJP, seeing the numbers not with Sachin, took its step back, leaving Sachin high and dry.