Congress leader Sachin Pilot has denied media reports stating that he told the party high command that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot should not remain in office if he decides to contest the party presidential poll.
Gehlot, along with state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra, met AICC observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken at a hotel on the Jaipur-Delhi highway on Monday
After Rahul Gandhi refused to become the Congress president, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has decided to file his nomination for the post, which has changed the political equations in Rajasthan and amid this Sachin Pilot is likely to meet Sonia .
SC State Commission chairman, Khiladi Lal Bairwa, has yet again raised a demand to anoint Sachin Pilot as chief minister arguing on the fact that the demand of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is in Delhi.Bairwa was on a tour to Jodhpur on Tuesday. .
Pilot’s missive to his party cadre comes as a word of caution to resolve differences, if any, between themselves as the Congress strives to retain power in the state by winning the assembly elections scheduled for next year