‘Rumours’: Congress reiterates Pilot will not float personal social gathering amid disarray in Rajasthan

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday dismissed studies that its chief Sachin Pilot might announce his personal social gathering on his father Rajesh Pilot’s dying anniversary and asserted it’s going to contest Rajasthan’s meeting polls unitedly, whilst sources near him stated there has not been a lot ahead motion on his calls for.

Congress normal secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal stated he’s in contact with the previous Rajasthan deputy chief minister and asserted that the social gathering is united and can contest the upcoming meeting elections in Rajasthan collectively.   

However, sources near Pilot stated he needs a decision of the problems that he has raised, particularly his demand that the Ashok Gehlot authorities takes motion in opposition to alleged corruption throughout the earlier BJP regime. There has not been a lot ahead motion on these points, they added.

Leaders near Pilot stated he has taken a “principled position” and it isn’t about posts. The problems with corruption and paper leaks are his prime precedence, they added.

Besides graft, Pilot’s two different calls for had been reconstituting the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) and making recent appointments in it, and compensation for these affected by the cancellation of presidency recruitment exams following paper leaks.

Speaking with PTI on the AICC headquarters, Venugopal stated, “I don’t believe in rumours. The reality is that the Congress president and Rahul Gandhi discussed with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and after that, we said that we will go together. That is the position of the Congress party.”

“In my knowledge, there is no such thing,” he stated when requested particularly about studies of Pilot floating a brand new social gathering. Venugopal additionally stated he has been in contact with Pilot lately.

He additionally informed the media to be optimistic and never imagine in such rumours. “Who told you he is going out of the party? These are imaginary…rumours. Don’t believe these rumours. Be optimistic. Don’t worry, we will fight unitedly. The Rajasthan Congress will fight unitedly,” Venugopal stated.

The remarks come amid intense hypothesis that Pilot might announce his personal social gathering or his future plans on the programme on Sunday to pay tributes to his father on his dying anniversary in Dausa, an occasion which has been an annual function for the final over twenty years.

The Congress final week had stated the social gathering is supreme and can combat the Rajasthan Assembly polls unitedly to emerge victorious, an assertion that got here after Pilot refused to budge from his calls for.

In a bid to defuse the tensions, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi had held marathon discussions with Gehlot and Pilot individually final week, sources had stated. 

They had later posed for pictures at Kharge’s 10 Rajaji Marg residence right here.

After the conferences, the social gathering had stated Gehlot and Pilot have agreed to combat the upcoming meeting elections unitedly and have left all points to be resolved by the social gathering’s excessive command.  

Addressing reporters after the assembly earlier this week, Venugopal had stated, “Both the leaders, Ashok ji and Sachin ji, agreed to the proposal on these things.”

Asked what proposal he was speaking out, Venugopal had stated, “Both have left it to the (party) high command.”

Gehlot and Pilot have been engaged in an influence tussle for the reason that Congress fashioned authorities within the state in 2018.

In 2020, Pilot led a revolt in opposition to the Gehlot authorities after which he was faraway from the posts of the social gathering’s state unit president and deputy chief minister.

Last 12 months, an try by the excessive command to impact a management change in Rajasthan had failed after Gehlot loyalists dug their heels in and didn’t permit a legislature social gathering assembly to happen.

Pilot had final month defied a warning from the social gathering and went forward with a day-long quick concentrating on Gehlot over his “inaction” on alleged corruption throughout the earlier Raje authorities.

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday dismissed studies that its chief Sachin Pilot might announce his personal social gathering on his father Rajesh Pilot’s dying anniversary and asserted it’s going to contest Rajasthan’s meeting polls unitedly, whilst sources near him stated there has not been a lot ahead motion on his calls for.

Congress normal secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal stated he’s in contact with the previous Rajasthan deputy chief minister and asserted that the social gathering is united and can contest the upcoming meeting elections in Rajasthan collectively.   

However, sources near Pilot stated he needs a decision of the problems that he has raised, particularly his demand that the Ashok Gehlot authorities takes motion in opposition to alleged corruption throughout the earlier BJP regime. There has not been a lot ahead motion on these points, they added.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Leaders near Pilot stated he has taken a “principled position” and it isn’t about posts. The problems with corruption and paper leaks are his prime precedence, they added.

Besides graft, Pilot’s two different calls for had been reconstituting the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) and making recent appointments in it, and compensation for these affected by the cancellation of presidency recruitment exams following paper leaks.

Speaking with PTI on the AICC headquarters, Venugopal stated, “I don’t believe in rumours. The reality is that the Congress president and Rahul Gandhi discussed with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and after that, we said that we will go together. That is the position of the Congress party.”

“In my knowledge, there is no such thing,” he stated when requested particularly about studies of Pilot floating a brand new social gathering. Venugopal additionally stated he has been in contact with Pilot lately.

He additionally informed the media to be optimistic and never imagine in such rumours. “Who told you he is going out of the party? These are imaginary…rumours. Don’t believe these rumours. Be optimistic. Don’t worry, we will fight unitedly. The Rajasthan Congress will fight unitedly,” Venugopal stated.

The remarks come amid intense hypothesis that Pilot might announce his personal social gathering or his future plans on the programme on Sunday to pay tributes to his father on his dying anniversary in Dausa, an occasion which has been an annual function for the final over twenty years.

The Congress final week had stated the social gathering is supreme and can combat the Rajasthan Assembly polls unitedly to emerge victorious, an assertion that got here after Pilot refused to budge from his calls for.

In a bid to defuse the tensions, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi had held marathon discussions with Gehlot and Pilot individually final week, sources had stated. 

They had later posed for pictures at Kharge’s 10 Rajaji Marg residence right here.

After the conferences, the social gathering had stated Gehlot and Pilot have agreed to combat the upcoming meeting elections unitedly and have left all points to be resolved by the social gathering’s excessive command.  

Addressing reporters after the assembly earlier this week, Venugopal had stated, “Both the leaders, Ashok ji and Sachin ji, agreed to the proposal on these things.”

Asked what proposal he was speaking out, Venugopal had stated, “Both have left it to the (party) high command.”

Gehlot and Pilot have been engaged in an influence tussle for the reason that Congress fashioned authorities within the state in 2018.

In 2020, Pilot led a revolt in opposition to the Gehlot authorities after which he was faraway from the posts of the social gathering’s state unit president and deputy chief minister.

Last 12 months, an try by the excessive command to impact a management change in Rajasthan had failed after Gehlot loyalists dug their heels in and didn’t permit a legislature social gathering assembly to happen.

Pilot had final month defied a warning from the social gathering and went forward with a day-long quick concentrating on Gehlot over his “inaction” on alleged corruption throughout the earlier Raje authorities.