Will Congress take the Chhattisgarh-way to placate Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan? | EXPLAINED
1 year, 5 months ago

Will Congress take the Chhattisgarh-way to placate Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan? | EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Congress' along with other Opposition parties have just one motto — BJP-mukt Bharat in 2024. Dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot has even hit the streets and has been attacking Ashok Gehlot over alleged inaction into charges of corruption levelled by him against the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP dispensation. Venugopal with party leaders Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot after a meeting at party President Mallikarjun Kharge's residence So, to calm the angry leader will Congress high-command make him the deputy chief minister and bestow him with some real administrative powers? Pilot even launched a 125-kilometre foot march from Ajmer to Jaipur and named it Jan Sangarsh Yatra, a move which was seen as a direct challenge to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and the Congress top brass ahead of the assembly elections in Rajasthan. Image Source : PTICongress leader Sachin Pilot with supporters during his Jan Sangharsh Yatra So now, it remains to be seen that like Chhattisgarh, will Congress be able to get a truce between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and finally end the ever-going feud in the Rajasthan camp.

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‘In 1989, Rajiv Gandhi…’: Sachin Pilot on why Narendra Modi shouldn't form govt
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘In 1989, Rajiv Gandhi…’: Sachin Pilot on why Narendra Modi shouldn't form govt

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Sachin Pilot has claimed that the Lok Sabha election 2024 results indicated that people have rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, and therefore, Narendra Modi should not try to form the government. Congress leader Sachin Pilot said that BJP's campaign of 'Mandir Masjid' was rejected. Then, the next largest party was asked to form the government,” …

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8 months ago

Polls not about personal ambition, Congress is united, says Sachin Pilot

Hindustan Times  

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Sachin Pilot reveals why he buried the hatchet with Ashok Gehlot
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Sachin Pilot reveals why he buried the hatchet with Ashok Gehlot

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday spoke on burying the hatchet with his senior colleague Ashok Gehlot, stating that ‘moving on’ was in the best interest of the party. | The former Rajasthan deputy chief minister added that he would ‘100 per cent’ campaign for Gehlot's son Vaibhav, who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Jalore. Congress leader Sachin …

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Sachin Pilot: Will ‘100%’ campaign for Gehlot’s son

The Hindu  

Burying the hatchet with his party rival Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said he will campaign for his senior colleague's son Vaibhav who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Jalore. In an interaction with PTI editors at the news agency's headquarters in New Delhi, the Congress general secretary said a redux of the 2004 election when the …

Priyanka Gandhi, Sachin Pilot to Visit Odisha Soon: PCC Chief Sarat Pattanayak
10 months, 1 week ago

Priyanka Gandhi, Sachin Pilot to Visit Odisha Soon: PCC Chief Sarat Pattanayak

Deccan Chronicle  

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Sachin Pilot's new role in Congress may not be much to cheer about

India Today  

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1 year ago

Did Ashok Gehlot track Sachin Pilot's phone during the 2020 rebellion in Rajasthan?

Firstpost  

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‘Sachin Pilot’s movements were monitored, his phones tracked', claims Ashok Gehlot's OSD

Hindustan Times  

Outgoing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's officer on special duty on Tuesday said the Congress government had carried out a surveillance on Sachin Pilot, when he along with his loyalist MLAs had rebelled in 2020. Pilot and the MLAs were brought back to the party's fold following timely intervention of the Congress high command. On December 3, the day Congress …

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: 'Unexpected result for everyone', Ashok Gehlot accepts defeat, to resign today
1 year ago

Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2023: 'Unexpected result for everyone', Ashok Gehlot accepts defeat, to resign today

Firstpost  

Conceding Congress’ defeat in Rajasthan, Gehlot said, ‘We humbly accept the mandate given by the people of Rajasthan. This defeat shows that we were not completely successful in taking our plans, laws and innovations to the public’ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will hand over his resignation to Rajasthan’s Governor Kalraj Mishra after Congress lost the state to BJP on …

Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot make one last effort to put up an united front
1 year, 1 month ago

Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot make one last effort to put up an united front

The Hindu  

Making one last effort to put up a united front ahead of the Rajasthan Assembly elections, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot tweeted a promotional video from his former Deputy Sachin Pilot referring to him as “Congress’s young leader”. The five years of the Congress government were marked by intense power struggle between the two, bookended by Mr. Pilot’s rebellion of 2020 …

Caste, religious politics not healthy sign for democracy: Sachin Pilot on PM Modi's Gujjar community remark
1 year, 1 month ago

Caste, religious politics not healthy sign for democracy: Sachin Pilot on PM Modi's Gujjar community remark

India TV News  

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After PM Modi's dig, Sachin Pilot speaks up on Ashok Gehlot tussle in Rajasthan
1 year, 1 month ago

After PM Modi's dig, Sachin Pilot speaks up on Ashok Gehlot tussle in Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, campaigning for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election, took an indirect jibe at chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Sachin Pilot, claiming that the two political rivals from within the grand old party have shaken hands a hundred times in the last five years but there has been no reconciliation between them. Congress leader …

India TV Poll Results: Has Congress managed to end rift between Gehlot, Pilot just before Rajasthan polling?
1 year, 1 month ago

India TV Poll Results: Has Congress managed to end rift between Gehlot, Pilot just before Rajasthan polling?

India TV News  

India TV Poll Results: Amid frenzied speculation of infighting among Congress members in Rajasthan, party leader Rahul Gandhi was recently seen with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Sachin Pilot in Jaipur, saying that "we are not only seen together but we are also united." Image Source : INDIA TV India TV Poll Results: Has Congress managed to …

Rahul Gandhi's 'not only seen together' remark and 'pehle aap' moment of Gehlot, Pilot
1 year, 1 month ago

Rahul Gandhi's 'not only seen together' remark and 'pehle aap' moment of Gehlot, Pilot

Hindustan Times  

As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reached Jaipur ahead of his full-day election campaign in the poll-bound state, chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot were seen together receiving Rahul Gandhi. The Congress will sweep in Rajasthan," Rahul Gandhi said amid speculations over a thaw between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot ahead of the election. Flanked …

Rajasthan Election 2023: Public Sab Jaanti Hai, Says Meghwal on Gehlot-Pilot Show of Unity
1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan Election 2023: Public Sab Jaanti Hai, Says Meghwal on Gehlot-Pilot Show of Unity

News 18  

The people of Rajasthan have only received financial jeopardy, atrocities on Dalits and crimes against women under the Congress rule, Union minister and senior BJP leader Arjun Ram Meghwal said in an exclusive interview to News18. Expressing confidence that the BJP will win Rajasthan election 2023, Meghwal said the façade of unity put up by Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot …

Chunav Manch: 'Kharge Saheb, Rahul Ji told me to forgive and forget, move on', Sachin Pilot tells India TV
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Chunav Manch: 'Kharge Saheb, Rahul Ji told me to forgive and forget, move on', Sachin Pilot tells India TV

India TV News  

Jaipur, November 16: Congress leader Sachin Pilot today revealed that it was party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi who told him "to forgive and forget, and move on to work unitedly" to win the Rajasthan assembly election due on November 25. Hours after jointly campaigning with Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Churu district, Sachin Pilot came …

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'Let bygones be bygones, whatever was said, we need to forget': Sachin Pilot on Ashok Gehlot's past barbs

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Congress leader Sachin Pilot, ahead of the Assembly election in the state, has said that the party has given tickets to candidates on winnability and by and large the ticket distribution has been 'very fair'. Speaking about tussle between him and the chief minister, Sachin Pilot said, "We have to move on, let bygones be bygones, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Congress has good chance of breaking the trend, retaining power in Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot

The Hindu  

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1 year, 1 month ago

Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot and wife Sara now divorced, shows poll affidavit

India TV News  

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Will indefatigable Gehlot be able to make up for voters’ fatigue with Congress legislators in Rajasthan?
1 year, 1 month ago

Will indefatigable Gehlot be able to make up for voters’ fatigue with Congress legislators in Rajasthan?

The Hindu  

The welfare schemes of the Ashok Gehlot government are the big talking point in this Assembly election in Rajasthan, leading often to heated debates between those who have benefited from it and those left behind. Again, Mr. Bishnoi, cutting through the noise, proclaims, “Humme Congress se koi matlab nahi hai, abki Ashok Gehlot ne kaam thik kiya hai..” His remarks …

Rajasthan elections: CM Ashok Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma meets Sachin Pilot | Here's why
1 year, 2 months ago

Rajasthan elections: CM Ashok Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma meets Sachin Pilot | Here's why

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly Elections: Ahead of the Rajasthan assembly election, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's Officer on Special Duty Lokesh Sharma on Sunday met Sachin Pilot. Notably, Sharma was recently appointed co-chairman of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee's central war room for the polls to the 200-member assembly. 'Discussions on assembly elections were held' After meeting with the former Deputy Chief …

Congress releases first list of 33 candidates for Rajasthan Assembly polls, fields CM Gehlot from Sardarpura, Pilot from Tonk
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress releases first list of 33 candidates for Rajasthan Assembly polls, fields CM Gehlot from Sardarpura, Pilot from Tonk

The Hindu  

After several days of intense negotiations, the ruling Congress on Saturday announced its first list, naming candidates for 33 of the 200 seats, for the Rajasthan Assembly election to be held on November 25. The Congress list contained the constituencies represented by heavyweights such as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Assembly Speaker C.P. Joshi, former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, and Rajasthan …

Rajasthan polls: Congress’ first list out, Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot named
1 year, 2 months ago

Rajasthan polls: Congress’ first list out, Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot named

Live Mint  

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Cong 's 1st Rajasthan poll list out; CM Gehlot to contest from Sardarpura, Pilot in fray from Tonk
1 year, 2 months ago

Cong 's 1st Rajasthan poll list out; CM Gehlot to contest from Sardarpura, Pilot in fray from Tonk

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party on Saturday released the first list of 33 candidates for Rajasthan assembly elections, which will take place in a single phase on November 25. In the first list, the party has named Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot from Sardarpura and has fielded party leader Sachin Pilot from Tonk. Whereas, General Secretary of Rajasthan Congress Committee Amit Chachan has …

Ashok Gehlot speaks on Vasundhara Raje, Sachin Pilot as Assembly election nears in Rajasthan
1 year, 2 months ago

Ashok Gehlot speaks on Vasundhara Raje, Sachin Pilot as Assembly election nears in Rajasthan

India TV News  

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that he has not opposed any candidate associated with Sachin Pilot's side and that they are all united, ahead of the Assembly election in the state. Speaking on differences between him and Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot said, "I have said that we are united. Speaking on former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Ashok …

PM Modi's dig at Ashok Gehlot over Sachin Pilot rift at Chittorgarh rally, claims 'accepted defeat': Top quotes
1 year, 2 months ago

PM Modi's dig at Ashok Gehlot over Sachin Pilot rift at Chittorgarh rally, claims 'accepted defeat': Top quotes

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a dig at Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot over his rift with Congress leader Sachin Pilot, and claimed that the CM has “accepted his defeat”. Addressing a rally in Chittorgarh ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, PM Modi said, “CM Gehlot was busy securing his seat in the state and his party was …

Congress to return in Rajasthan, end alternating government trend: Sachin Pilot
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress to return in Rajasthan, end alternating government trend: Sachin Pilot

India Today  

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday said the party will fight unitedly in the Rajasthan assembly polls and retain power in the state, changing a 30-year-old trend of alternating governments. Pilot also said the Congress will be able to challenge the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections only if it forms the government again in Rajasthan. “Unless the Congress …

BJP's intention not right: Sachin Pilot on women's quota implementation delay
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP's intention not right: Sachin Pilot on women's quota implementation delay

India Today  

Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot launched an attack gainst the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Center, raising concerns about the government's intentions regarding the Women Reservation Bill. Expressing his reservations over the women’s quota bill, Sachin Pilot said, "The BJP waited for nine years to bring the women's reservation bill. ON UPCOMING RAJASTHAN POLLS Shifting focus to Rajasthan's political …

Rajasthan: Congress high command to take decision on CM's face, says Sachin Pilot
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan: Congress high command to take decision on CM's face, says Sachin Pilot

India TV News  

As Rajasthan heads into Assembly polls in a few months, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday said that the party will have to contest unitedly in the state to win the majority and the high command of the party will take a decision on who will lead the government after elections. Pilot, along with other new faces like Shashi Tharoor …

Sachin Pilot praises Rajasthan govt, says ‘better than BJP-ruled UP, MP’
1 year, 3 months ago

Sachin Pilot praises Rajasthan govt, says ‘better than BJP-ruled UP, MP’

Live Mint  

Rajasthan Congress leader and core committee member Sachin Pilot on Monday heaved a rare praise on the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-run Rajasthan government and said that his party's government has reacted swiftly to incidents of crime and the situation is better than in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Pilot has also on several occasions flagged CM Gehlot government's alleged …

Congress Will Form Government Again in Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot
1 year, 3 months ago

Congress Will Form Government Again in Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot

News 18  

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Saturday said that party leaders are working together in Rajasthan and will form government again in the state. Pilot, who reviewed the preparations for party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s public meeting in Niwai in Tonk district on Sunday, said the BJP tries to divert people’s attention in the name of religion, but the Congress is …

Sachin Pilot to contest Rajasthan Assembly election from Tonk seat, claims Congress district chief Hari Prasad
1 year, 3 months ago

Sachin Pilot to contest Rajasthan Assembly election from Tonk seat, claims Congress district chief Hari Prasad

India TV News  

Rajasthan elections: Congress MLA Sachin Pilot will contest the upcoming assembly election in Rajasthan from the Tonk assembly seat only, claims Congress District President Hari Prasad Bairwa. Addressing a presser, Hari Prasad Bairwa said that a proposal was made and sent to Tonk MLA Sachin Pilot by the District Congress Committee to demand that he must contest in the upcoming …

HT interview | ‘Wanted to be Congress chief; it’s a 100 times better job’: Ashok Gehlot
1 year, 4 months ago

HT interview | ‘Wanted to be Congress chief; it’s a 100 times better job’: Ashok Gehlot

Hindustan Times  

One of the most keenly watched electoral fights this year is in Rajasthan, where chief minister Ashok Gehlot is hoping to break a decades-old trend of the incumbent being voted out. Speaking to HT’s Sunetra Choudhury and Sachin Saini, Gehlot says he is confident of repeating his 1998 feat of winning 153 seats in the 200-member assembly, and You are …

Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot takes 'pain and sorrow' dig at BJP, says it failed as ruling party and Opposition
1 year, 4 months ago

Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot takes 'pain and sorrow' dig at BJP, says it failed as ruling party and Opposition

India TV News  

Pilot's dig at BJP: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday lashed out at the BJP in poll-bound Rajasthan and alleged that the saffron party failed while ruling at the Centre and as Opposition in the state. Pilot exuded confidence that his party would ditch the trend of forming alternate governments in Rajasthan in the upcoming Assembly polls and said that …

From Sachin Pilot to Kanhaiya Kumar, these are new members in Kharge's CWC
1 year, 4 months ago

From Sachin Pilot to Kanhaiya Kumar, these are new members in Kharge's CWC

Hindustan Times  

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge rejigged the Congress Working Committee, or the CWC, the apex decision making body of the party eight months before the Lok Sabha election. Sachin Pilot: The 45-year-old Congress leader from Rajasthan has served as a Union minister in the UPA government headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh. Manish Tewari: A prominent Hindu face of the Congress in …

Sachin Pilot pledges to strengthen Congress after induction in party's top body
1 year, 4 months ago

Sachin Pilot pledges to strengthen Congress after induction in party's top body

India Today  

Hours after his inclusion in the Congress Working Committee, Sachin Pilot pledged to strengthen the "customs and ideology of the Congress" and "to take it more strongly to the people". Earlier on Sunday, Congress reshuffled its working committee and brought in 39 members, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, and Shashi Tharoor, among …

Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot get big roles in Congress's top panel reshuffle
1 year, 4 months ago

Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot get big roles in Congress's top panel reshuffle

India Today  

Sachin Pilot and Shashi Tharoor were inducted into the Congress Working Committee in a reshuffle of Congress' top decision-making body led by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, in a post on X, said that he was "honoured" by the party's decision to nominate him to the Congress Working Committee. 39 MEMBERS IN CONGRESS' TOP BODY The …

Rajasthan elections 2023: Congress approves State Election Committee. Check full list
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajasthan elections 2023: Congress approves State Election Committee. Check full list

India TV News  

Rajasthan elections 2023: Ahead of the assembly elections due to be held later this year, the Congress party on Thursday announced names of the leaders who have been included in the Rajasthan Election Committee. Those who have been included in State Election Committee are: Govind Singh Dotasra Ashok Gehlot Jitendra Singh Sachin Pilot Raghuveer Meena Rameshwar Dudi Mohan Prakash Dr. …

Sachin Pilot reveals BIG move involving CM Gehlot ahead of Rajasthan polls
1 year, 5 months ago

Sachin Pilot reveals BIG move involving CM Gehlot ahead of Rajasthan polls

Live Mint  

Rajasthan Congress unit has seen days of yore with its two most important leaders in recent times fighting causing an almost rift in the party. In the latest reported development of the same, for Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and ex-Rajasthan Congress President Sachin Pilot in an interview with PTI has said he ‘buried the hatchet’ with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok …

Congress leaders in Rajasthan will work together to ensure party's victory: Sachin Pilot
1 year, 5 months ago

Congress leaders in Rajasthan will work together to ensure party's victory: Sachin Pilot

The Hindu  

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on July 6 said the party's lawmakers and functionaries in Rajasthan will work together to ensure its victory in the upcoming Assembly polls. Pilot also said that he raised the issues of corruption of the previous BJP government in the State, paper leaks and Rajasthan Public Service Commission reform. “The Congress government in Rajasthan is serious …

Congress chief to meet Rajasthan leaders tomorrow over Gehlot-Pilot feud
1 year, 5 months ago

Congress chief to meet Rajasthan leaders tomorrow over Gehlot-Pilot feud

India Today  

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of party leaders in Rajasthan tomorrow after reviewing preparations for assembly elections in Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. According to sources, apart from election preparedness, the ongoing feud between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot will likely be addressed at the meeting. The meeting, presided by Mallikarjun Kharge, will begin at …

Senior Congress leader roped in to mediate between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot
1 year, 5 months ago

Senior Congress leader roped in to mediate between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked senior party leader Harish Choudhary to chalk out a plan to settle differences between Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, senior party leaders said. A senior party leader close to the development said Choudhary has been asked to mediate the issues between Gehlot and Pilot as nothing has worked so far. Another …

Congress turns to Rajasthan ex-minister to broker truce between Gehlot, Pilot
1 year, 5 months ago

Congress turns to Rajasthan ex-minister to broker truce between Gehlot, Pilot

Hindustan Times  

Barmer/Jaipur: With just months to go for the crucial Rajasthan assembly elections, senior Congress leaders have asked former state minister and MLA Harish Choudhary to broker peace between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire, Sachin Pilot, both of whom have been locked in a power tussle since 2018, according to senior party functionaries. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot …

Rajasthan Assembly elections | Pressure building up on Gehlot to field younger politicians
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajasthan Assembly elections | Pressure building up on Gehlot to field younger politicians

The Hindu  

Pressure is building up on Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to give tickets to young candidates for this year’s Assembly election with at least three elderly Congress MLAs of the rival Sachin Pilot camp announcing that they will not contest the poll. While Mr. Singh had earlier advised all senior Congress leaders to leave the “fascination for chair” and give …

'Asked Gehlot to control his ministers, stop them from speaking against each other': Rajasthan Cong in-charge
1 year, 6 months ago

'Asked Gehlot to control his ministers, stop them from speaking against each other': Rajasthan Cong in-charge

India TV News  

War of words in Rajasthan Congress: Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday said that he has asked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to ‘call his ministers and control them’ while also suggesting to debar his ministerial colleagues from passing remarks against each other. His remarks came in the wake of Food and Civil Supplies Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas slamming …

'I was Termed Mentally Bankrupt...': Sachin Pilot's Dig at Ashok Gehlot Amid New Party 'Rumours'
1 year, 6 months ago

'I was Termed Mentally Bankrupt...': Sachin Pilot's Dig at Ashok Gehlot Amid New Party 'Rumours'

News 18  

Amid speculation of Sachin Pilot breaking away from Congress and forming a new party ahead of the Rajasthan elections, the former Union Minister on Sunday morning took paid homage to his father Rajesh Pilot on his death anniversary. Addressing the rally at his home turf, Pilot took a dig at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and said, “If I talk about …

‘There’s no such thing': K C Venugopal dismisses reports of Sachin Pilot floating his own party
1 year, 6 months ago

‘There’s no such thing': K C Venugopal dismisses reports of Sachin Pilot floating his own party

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Friday dismissed as rumours reports that its leader Sachin Pilot may announce his own party on his father Rajesh Pilot's death anniversary and asserted it will contest Rajasthan's assembly polls unitedly, even as sources close to him said there has not been much forward movement on his demands. However, sources close to Pilot said he wants resolution …

Rajasthan: 'Sachin Pilot floating his party is only a rumour,' asserts Congress state in-charge Venugopal
1 year, 6 months ago

Rajasthan: 'Sachin Pilot floating his party is only a rumour,' asserts Congress state in-charge Venugopal

India TV News  

Gehlot vs Pilot: In a bid to project a united face ahead of Assembly elections, Congress general secretary and in-charge of Organisation, KC Venugopal rejected all the claims of party leader Sachin Pilot floating a new party. Gehlot and his former deputy Pilot have been engaged in a power tussle since the Congress formed government in Rajasthan in 2018 and …

Congress weighs options to put up united front ahead of Rajasthan polls
1 year, 6 months ago

Congress weighs options to put up united front ahead of Rajasthan polls

Hindustan Times  

The Congress might offer former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot a larger role in the upcoming assembly elections campaign and even make him the head of the panel that will oversee the party’s efforts to retain power in the desert state as part of efforts to project unity, people aware of developments said on Thursday. Read here: Reconciliation with …

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