Congress dissolves all party panels in Rajasthan, aims for fresh start
Hindustan TimesThe Congress has decided to dissolve the party’s district and block committees in Rajasthan with immediate effect, Avinash Pande, the party’s in-charge in Rajasthan said Wednesday. In this March 26, 2019 file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a party function in Jaipur. Earlier Tuesday, the Congress had also removed Pilot as chief of the Rajasthan unit of the party while chief minister Ashok Gehlot dropped him as deputy CM.Two of Pilot’s supporters - food and civil supplies minister Ramesh Meena and tourism minister Vishvendra Singh – were also dropped from the cabinet. Pilot had been upset since the Congress picked Gehlot as the chief minister after the 2018 assembly polls but matters came to a head after he was summoned last week by the Special Operations Group of the Rajasthan Police for questioning after reports that the BJP was trying to lure away Congress MLAs by offering bribes.