Sachin Pilot is focusing on Jat farmer center, a traditional base of Parliament
Jaipur:
Congress leader Sachin Pilot, in a personal campaign in Rajasthan ahead of the polls later this year, appeared to confirm his party’s fears by taking aim at his own government and Minister Ashok Gehlot in Monday.
Pilot Sachin was campaigning in Nagaur, a stronghold of the Jat community and farmers, when he mentioned the recent leak of a general knowledge test for teachers in Rajasthan.
“Sometimes the exam questions are revealed, sometimes the exam is canceled… It’s painful and sad… Children and parents work hard for their academic career. Students work hard day and night to study for exams,” former Thu said. Rajasthan chief said at a rally.
Mr Pilot said: “I hope the government will go after the big fish instead of the small pitchers.
The congressional leader’s public outreach until January 20 has his party worried about fresh, unwanted attention on the unresolved leadership struggle between the two top leaders. party in Rajasthan.
Sources close to Pilot say his outreach program is aimed at strengthening Parliament and maintaining his political space in Rajasthan. That is why he focused on the Jat farmers center, a traditional base of Parliament, the sources said.
Observers say it is Pilot’s political calculus to stay relevant in Rajasthan politics as State Parliament speaker Govind Singh Dotasara is busy with grassroots organizing and the minister prepares for your final budget.
Mr Pilot’s campaign comes weeks after Mr Gehlot, in an explosive interview with NDTV, called his former deputy a “gaddar (traitor)” and said he would not be prime minister .
“A gaddar (traitor) cannot be a Minister. Supreme Command cannot appoint Pilot Sachin as Chief… a man without 10 MLA. Who rebelled. He betrayed. a traitor, (he) is a traitor,” Mr. Gehlot said of his young opponent.
The Gehlot-Pilot rivalry started when both competed for the position of Minister after the victory in Rajasthan by Parliament in 2018 and culminated when in 2020, Mr Pilot revolted with 20 MLA supporters. he and camped in Delhi for several weeks.
The uprising ended after the Gandhis assured Mr Pilot of the changes that never materialized, with Mr Gehlot refusing to give in. The dispute has grown tense without any resolution since then.
Sources said Sachin Pilot was given permission by Rahul Gandhi to do this public outreach during Bharat Jodo Yatra to strengthen the party ahead of the election.
Nagaur, where Mr Pilot spoke today, is the home ground of the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) of former BJP ally Hanuman Beniwal. Mr. Beniwal, who abandoned his alliance with the BJP because of the controversial farm law, is said to have infiltrated the Jat voting bank traditionally elected by Congress.
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