Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot Face-Time Congress Leadership Over Leadership
NDTV
The Rajasthan elections are crucial for the Congress, as the party hopes to break the state's revolving door trend.
With assembly elections in Rajasthan now less than six months away, the Congress party is grappling with a make-or-break leadership tussle between current Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, former Deputy Chief Minister. The senior Congress leaders convened on Thursday to discuss potential strategies for the election, while also attempting to resolve the ongoing leadership dispute.
According to sources, Mr Pilot has expressed his desire for a respectable position within the party as a condition for his continued role in the Congress campaign in Rajasthan. Mr Gehlot, however, while nursing fractures in both toes, remains reluctant to share power, aiming to lead the party firmly and under the banner of his social welfare pitch.
The meeting, which was conducted at party headquarters with the leaders from Rajasthan joining via video conference, saw the participation of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal, and state in-charge Sukhjinder Randhawa. Also present were state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra, and other senior Rajasthan Congress leaders, apart from Mr Gehlot and Mr Pilot.
