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.
Manipur, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and now Rajasthan – the BJP’s appetite for bringing down duly elected Governments, or manipulating the mandate through dubious means seems unsatiated. Shame on this party with a difference.
The governor cannot refuse to permit calling assembly session. If he does, that would be a clear indication that BJP, the ruling party at the center, has pressurised him to do it. It is very bad that the central government is bent upon destabilising a state government. Very bad days for democracy. But this is nothing new. BJP has done it in other states also. The difference here is utter chicanery with which the operations are carried out involving constitutional authorities and institutions like governor and even judicial process.
Biased report as it ignores non sense statements by Gehlot who clearly wants Governor dragged in their internal strife.
Nothing much shall be achieved by holding floor test himself. If that happens, it is bur expected that a whip to vote for govt shall be issued by Congress. Yes, they will win floor test as dissidents shall be forced to vote for the govt. They will, due to whip. Will that solve the problem? CM’s utterances like ‘Nikamma’ has only aggravated the issue. Govt will buy some time before a ( no) confidence vote can be taken again but rift would have widened. Opposition will wait for an opportune time to strike & will continue their ‘efforts’ to bring them down. Then it will be a case of ‘matter of time’ but it shall not be a smooth sailing. Governance will suffer which will impact adversely in next poll.
One thing that all will agree on is abject failure of Congress high command in resolving or even trying to resolve the problem at hand.
In the last few days, I have changed my assessment of the two men. Astute he is, desires power, wishes to groom his son, all that is true, unfair to his deputy who has legitimate ambition that was being thwarted. However, for Sachin Pilot to seek opposition help to bring down his party’s government shows him in very poor light. At a time of epidemic and almost war. In some ways, a lot more dishonourable than Mr Scindia who at least wore his rebellion on his sleeve. 2. None of this takes away from the singular failure of the Gandhi family to keep their very few state governments secure, plan for grooming the next generation of leaders.