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Topic: Sachin Pilot

Sachin Pilot is a Congress MLA from Rajasthan’s Tonk and the son of Rajesh Pilot who was also a Congress leader. He has been a two-time MP, a union cabinet minister, an MLA, the president of the Rajasthan Congress, and the deputy chief minister of Rajasthan. Sachin Pilot was the youngest politician to ever become MP when he represented Dausa in the Lok Sabha at the age of 26. He is also the first Union minister to be commissioned in the territorial army.

Sachin Pilot is credited with the massive turnaround of the Congress in Rajasthan in the 2018 polls, when the party won 100 of the 195 seats it contested. This, after a poor show in 2013, when it won just 21 seats. He was, however, not chosen as the party’s CM candidate, who picked veteran leader Ashok Gehlot instead. Sachin Pilot’s critical stance against his own party government in 2020 and tussle with Gehlot has since been a major talking point in political circles.

Caste census without economic indicators is of little value, says Congress leader Sachin Pilot

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Rahul Gandhi's pitch for a nation-wide caste census was always about carrying out an 'x-ray' of the country, rather than simply counting castes, asserts Congress senior leader.

‘Gehlot tapped phones of Sachin Pilot, rebel Congress leaders,’ says former Rajasthan CM’s ex-OSD

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Lokesh Sharma alleges ex-CM Ashok Gehlot wanted to show BJP's hand in toppling Congress govt in state, and provided news organisations with audio clips of rebel Congress leaders.

‘Could have done better had we changed incumbent MLAs’ — Sachin Pilot on Congress’s Rajasthan drubbing

Amogh Rohmetra -
Speaking at Lokmat Parliamentary Awards, the party general secy also made light of questions that referred to his differences with ex-CM Ashok Gehlot and whether it impacted results.

Congress’s reshuffle: Priyanka Gandhi replaced as UP in-charge, Sachin Pilot gets Chhattisgarh

PTI -
The appointments come two days after CWC meeting, which was chaired by Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by senior leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Sachin Pilot factor propels BJP to 18 seats from just 1 in Rajasthan’s Gurjar-Meena belt

Shanker Arnimesh -
While 5 of BJP's 10 Gurjar candidates won, only 3 of Congress's 11 did so, including Pilot. BJP targeted Gurjar vote with multi-pronged plan, from PM's speeches to organisational changes.

In show of unity, Ashok Gehlot shares Sachin Pilot’s video appeal to voters in Rajasthan

PTI -
The video post assumes significance as the Pilot-Gehlot power tussle has found frequent mention in the campaigning for Rajasthan assembly polls, with the PM also referring to it.

‘After punishing Rajesh Pilot, Congress bent upon punishing his son,’ says PM Modi

PTI -
At a rally in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara Wednesday, the prime minister also said that anyone who speaks the truth within the Congress party is shunted out of politics.

‘Based on feedback received, Congress will win at least 4 state assembly polls,’ says Sachin Pilot

Asim Kamal -
Senior Congress leader dismissed talks of cracks in the INDIA bloc and assured all members of the alliance are committed to a larger national objective, which is to defeat the BJP.

‘Which was the rebellion?’ Sachin Pilot compares his actions to Gehlot camp’s 2022 ‘revolt’

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Last month, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said the CM chair ‘won’t leave him’. Pilot says decision will be taken by elected Congress MLAs & high command.

Rajasthan’s Gurjars are upset at Congress’s ‘betrayal’ of Sachin Pilot. For BJP, it’s an opportunity

Shanker Arnimesh -
Gurjars largely voted for Congress in the 2018 Rajasthan assembly elections in the hope that Sachin Pilot would become CM. With that possibility fading, the BJP is looking to capitalise.
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