The Assembly election results in Karnataka, where the Congress registered an impressive victory on Saturday, are set to shift the focus of party leader Sachin Pilot’s ongoing ‘Jan Sangharsh Yatra’ to the impending electoral battle in Rajasthan. Mr. Pilot has so far raised the issues of corruption and paper leaks in his five-day-long yatra, which started from Ajmer on May 11.
The Congress’ victory has put pressure on Mr. Pilot to show a united face, instead of openly confronting Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, before this year’s Assembly election. The former Deputy Chief Minister will be compelled after his yatra’s conclusion to join other senior leaders and party workers from all factions to make preparations for the Assembly polls, if he wishes to stay relevant within the Congress.
Mr. Pilot, who earlier drew parallels between the corruption issue in Karnataka and Rajasthan, said on Saturday that the people in the southern State had ensured the BJP’s exit from power by rejecting its “misrule and undemocratic policies”. “The people in Karnataka were fed up with unlimited and unbridled corruption of the BJP government,” he said.
