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Is Sachin Pilot readying to fly solo?

Pilot may settle for being a King-maker even if he cannot be the King. By launching his own party, he will be a spoiler for the Congress

Sachin Pilot
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Congress leader Sachin Pilot, (Photo: PTI)

Bharat Bhushan New Delhi
The Congress party, reports claim, is reconciled to "drastic action" by its rebel leader Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan. Plainly, Pilot's threat of "drastic action" implies that he may launch his own party and split the Rajasthan Congress. Although his supporters claim that they are hopeful of some intervention by the Congress high command, the split might come as early as June 11, the death anniversary of his father, Rajesh Pilot.

Rumours that Pilot might attempt to fly solo were reinforced by a Newslaundry report that he has hired election-management guru Prashant Kishor's IPAC, a political consultancy firm. An IPAC employee
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