Sachin Pilot out, Ashok Gehlot in as star campaigner for Karnataka polls

Reported By:| Edited By: IANS |Supply: IANS |Up to date: Apr 19, 2023, 10:14 PM IST

Jaipur: At a time when most senior leaders of the Congress, together with Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have been named as star campaigners of the social gathering for the Might 10 Meeting elections in Karnataka, the omission of former Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot`s identify from the listing has raised many eyebrows.

Nevertheless, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, together with Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, have discovered their place within the star campaigners` listing for the polls.

Many questions are doing the rounds within the political corridors of Rajasthan, particularly after Pilot skipped two key occasions of the social gathering within the state — the one-on-one suggestions session with the social gathering`s Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, and the Congress Sammelan held in Jaipur on Wednesday.

The political rivalry between Gehlot and Pilot is an open secret ever for the reason that formation of the Congress authorities in Rajasthan in 2018, with each participating in frequent confrontation.

Gehlot and Pilot have been locked in a management tussle and haven`t seen eye-to-eye on a variety of points. Gehlot has even termed Pilot as `Nikamma` (nugatory), `Nakara` (ineffective) and `Gaddar` (traitor).

In the meantime, Pilot just lately staged a one-day quick demanding the Gehlot authorities to fulfil its promise made to the those who motion shall be taken in opposition to the corrupt practices of the earlier BJP authorities within the state led by Vasundhara Raje.