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With Jitin Prasada quitting Congress and joining the BJP, all eyes are now on Sachin Pilot, who had led a revolt against the Congress leadership in Rajasthan one year ago. His demands remain unmet as yet.
Sachin Pilot’s rebellion against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his near-exit was ascribed to a BJP master plan to topple the Congress government in the state. He finally backed down after a meeting with the Gandhis and told the media that he had been promised a course-correction.
That has not happened so far, he reminded his party leadership in an interview on Monday.
“It has now been 10 months. I was given to understand that there would be swift action by the committee, but now half of the term is done, and those issues haven’t been resolved. It is unfortunate that so many of the party workers who worked and gave their all for getting us the mandate are not being heard,” Pilot told the Hindustan Times.
After putting it off all this time, the Congress once again finds itself facing the tough challenge of keeping both the Rajasthan Chief Minister and Pilot happy.
A cabinet expansion to accommodate more from the Pilot camp is one solution, assuming Gehlot agrees. This demand has been pending but for various reasons, the Chief Minister has been refusing to go in for an expansion.
A three-member panel was appointed to tackle Pilot’s demands but it has not met since August last, say sources. One of its members, Ahmed Patel – party chief Sonia Gandhi’s key troubleshooter – died of Covid in November.
With inputs from NDTV
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