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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

‘BJP fears Rajasthan loss’— Pilot questions ‘timing, intent’ of ED action against Congress leaders

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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot has questioned the “timing, purpose, and intent” of the Enforcement Directorate’s actions Thursday, including summons against Rajasthan...

Hindu-Muslim polarisation or Gurjar outreach? Why BJP chose Bidhuri for poll prep in Rajasthan’s Tonk

Ishadrita Lahiri -
New assignment for South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri comes days after he made incendiary comments against BSP's Danish Ali in Parliament. Muslims comprise 47.18% of Tonk city’s population.

Rajasthan’s bellwether seats and why 1 of them is making Gehlot, for once, happy to have Pilot by his side

Amogh Rohmetra -
Like Sachin Pilot's constituency Tonk, there are 18 more seats in Rajasthan which have voted alternatively for Congress & BJP since 1998 — in line with govt formation in the state. 

Truce with Gehlot? Pilot says AICC’s taken note of his demands, confident of Congress win in Rajasthan

Ishadrita Lahiri -
Congress chief Kharge, Rahul Gandhi met Rajasthan party leaders including Sachin Pilot & CM Ashok Gehlot joined in virtually. Party also announced it will not announce a CM candidate.
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