Congress Committee English news | Congress Committee, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

Party sources say Rahul Gandhi was instrumental in making Pilot as the state Congress chief in 2014. After the Assembly polls late last year, Pilot was made Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's deputy. With Congress chief himself mulling over his resignation, Pilot's future hangs in the balance, sources said.In the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, the Congress has 100 members, the BJP 73 members, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 6, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) 3, Communist Party of India-Marxist 2, Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) 2, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 1 and 13 Independent members.The Gehlot government is supported by the 6 BSP MLAs and 12 Independents. However, it appears to be in a crisis at present. On Monday, the BSP MLAs were expected to meet Governor Kalyan Singh. However, the meeting was cancelled at the last minute.A state minister, Congress' Lalchand Kataria, is also reported to have tendered his resignation, though there was no confirmation from the offices of the Chief Minister and the Governor.Another Congress leader said: "Sachin Pilot is intelligent, educated and has gained credibility as a farmer leader too. He can be a good leader anywhere in the country. There are fair chances that the party may assign him to a new location."Also, Pilot's five-year tenure as state Congress Committee chief ended in March. He was given an extension till October in view of the Lok Sabha polls. Now that might be preponed," said the Congress leader.In case the Congress asks him to shift base, there are chances of Pilot deserting the Congress and then staking his claim to form a government, along with a few independent and BJP MLAs. This way he would get to become the chief minister."Before the Assembly elections, Ashok Gehlot was the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and Pilot was the Rajasthan Congress Committee President. There was a clear segregation of their roles," said the Congress leader.Ahead of the Assembly elections in December last year, when Pilot was projected by the Congress as its chief ministerial face in Rajasthan elections, Gehlot insisted on being given a ticket from Jodhpur."After the elections, Pilot fought for the Chief Minister's post because he had toiled for five years to build the party in Rajasthan."However, he did not get what he deserved. Party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh preferred Gehlot's seniority and he was made the Chief Minister," said a Congress leader.Gehlot was also asked to take care of the party's Lok Sabha election campaign. But the Gehlot-Pilot team of young and old blood failed to show any magic in the parliamentary elections where Congress suffered a rout.( With inputs from IANS )

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Ahmedabad Plane Crash

Pune Bridge Collapse

Maharashtra News

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

Mumbai Rains

Congress CommitteeFOLLOW

Congress committee, Latest News

National :Bijepur bypoll to witness tough fight in Odisha

Bijepur Assembly constituency under Odisha's Bargarh Lok Sabha seat is set to witness a tough fight, which is going to the polls for the third time in less than two years. ...

National :Kamal Nath to continue as MP Congress chief, for now

The stalemate in Madhya Pradesh Congress over the appointment of a new party chief continued on Thursday. With no solution in sight, it was decided that Chief Minister Kamal Nath will continue to lead the party, sources said. ...

National :S.Jaipal Reddy: The eternal spokesperson of politics (Obit)

From a student leader who rose from Andhra Pradesh's Osmania University, Jaipal Reddy made his own mark in the national politics. He took on former prime minister Indira Gandhi in then Andhra Pradesh's Medak constituency in the 1980 Lok Sabha polls a ...

Politics :Alpesh Thakor, Dhavalsinh Zala will join BJP soon: Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena

OBC leader Alpesh Thakor and his close aide Dhavalsinh Zala, will soon join the BJP soon, said Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena (GKTS) leader Amit Thakor on Monday. ...

Politics :Alpesh Thakor, his aide resign as Congress MLAs, hints at cross-vote in RS polls

Gujarat OBC leader Alpesh Thakor and his close aide Dhavalsinh Zala resigned as Congress MLAs after cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha elections here on Friday. ...

National :Sachin Pilot may quit Congress if Rahul resigns

With uncertainty looming over Rahul Gandhi continuing as Congress President, there is speculation that Sachin Pilot too may quit as Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress chief along with his team of MLAs, in case Gandhi quits his post. ...