The appointment of former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and six other leaders from Rajasthan to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) seems to have sent the central leadership’s message to the ruling party in the State to end the rift and maintain unity for the coming Assembly elections. Mr. Pilot’s political stature has increased with his new appointment.
Mr. Pilot has been given an organisational role in the highest decision-making body of the Congress after a gap of three years since his rebellion in July 2020, when he was stripped of his positions as the Deputy Chief Minister and Pradesh Congress Committee president. The party’s move to affirm Mr. Pilot’s significance is expected to pacify his supporters who were unhappy over the turn of events in the last three years.
With Mr. Pilot’s inclusion in the CWC following a truce brought about between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and him, the Congress’s election campaign is set to gain strength, especially because he was also included in the screening committee for distributing party tickets earlier this month. Mr. Pilot on Monday announced his schedule to address a party workers’ convention in his Assembly constituency, Tonk, on Tuesday.
