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BJP has been 'sleeping' for the last 4 years: Congress leader Sachin Pilot

Sachin Pilot slams BJP for not caring about public concerns in Rajasthan until election time and going after journalists in Delhi

Rajasthan elections 2023: Meet Sachin Pilot, the youth icon of Congress

Sachin Pilot became the youngest member of Parliament at the age of 26 and has been a popular figure among the Gujjar community

BJP struggles in Rajasthan due to lack of public connection: Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot criticises the central government for playing 'hide and seek' with Women's Reservation Bill, says there was already consensus

Will fight Rajasthan polls unitedly, high command will decide CM: Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday stressed that the party would fight the Rajasthan assembly polls "unitedly" and said that a decision on who would lead the next government would be taken by the high command after consultations with the newly-elected MLAs. Exuding confidence that the Congress would buck the 'revolving door' trend in Rajasthan in the upcoming polls, the former deputy chief minister said the party is "absolutely united" with everyone's priority and efforts directed towards repeating the government in the desert state. In an exclusive interview with PTI ahead of the crucial Congress Working Committee meeting in Hyderabad, Pilot said the Congress has lived up to all the election promises it made in the 2018 Rajasthan polls and that is why he believes, the state government and the party working together, will be able to defeat the BJP. Asked about his assertion earlier that the party would go to the polls with collective leadership despite an incumbent CM in Ashok .

Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot's chance at CM in the past, says RLP leader Beniwal

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader Hanuman Beniwal stated that the government should remove the "unnecessary" position of the governor

Rajasthan elections: Congress will return to the state says Sachin Pilot

The former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan spoke at a gathering during the Kisan Maha Sammelan at Bijaynagar in the newly formed Beawar district

Farmer demonstration for non-stop electricity enters fifth day in Jodhpur

A demonstration by farmers here in Rajasthan demanding seven hours of uninterrupted electricity supply and power connections entered its fifth day on Monday, with three rounds of talks between them and Discom officials on the issues remaining inconclusive. The farmers' 'mahapadav' at the Jodhpur power distribution company (Discom) began on Thursday. Besides seven hours uninterrupted power supply for agriculture and immediately issuing transformers to farmers who have deposited money for electricity connections, a demand for reserve stock of five transformers in every division to expedite replacement of the burnt transformers has also been put forth, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh's Rajasthan secretary Tulcha Ram Sinwar said. The demonstrators said their sit-in will continue as no action has been taken by officials on their demands. There has to be visible results on the ground, Sinwar added. The Discom's officials, however, claimed that the farmers' problems have been resolved. On Saturday

Cong prez Kharge reconstitutes CWC, inducts Sachin Pilot in 39-member list

Tharoor, Pilot, and Tewari, along with several other new appointees, expressed their gratitude to the Congress president and the Gandhi family

Rajasthan elections: Congress adopts Karnataka model for ticket allocation

Congress party to reveal candidate list using Karnataka model; targets 156 seats for a strong victory

Wrong dates, facts: Pilot slams Amit Malviya over Mizoram claims on father

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday hit out at BJP IT department head Amit Malviya for claiming that his father Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs as an air force pilot in Mizoram in March 1966, saying the facts and dates are wrong as he was commissioned into the force in October that year. In a post on X, Malviya had claimed that Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi were flying the Indian Air Force planes that bombed Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on March 5, 1966. "Later both became MPs on Congress tickets and ministers in the government. It is clear that Indira Gandhi gave a place in politics as a reward, gave respect to those who carried out air raids on their own people in the Northeast," Malviya had said in the post in Hindi. Hitting out at the BJP leader, Pilot said, "@amitmalviya - You have the wrong dates, wrong factsYes, as an Indian Air Force pilot, my late father did drop bombs. But that was on erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and not as you claim, on Mizoram

Rajasthan elections 2023: Congress veterans gather in Jaipur today

Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023: Senior party members will gather to discuss strategy, foster unity and address key issues for the Rajasthan state Assembly elections

Centre working in biased manner: Pilot on PM Modi's visit to Rajasthan

Furthermore, speaking on the BJP's demand to unveil the 'red diary', Pilot said, BJP has no issue left to talk about. They failed at the Centre. They failed in Rajasthan as the opposition

Situation allowed to fester: Sachin Pilot slams Centre on Manipur violence

Slamming the BJP-led Centre over its handling of violence-hit Manipur, Congress leader Sachin Pilot has alleged that such a situation was "allowed to fester" in the state and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not holding a "genuine" all-party meeting on it. He also hit out at Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, saying that he had lost the moral and political right to govern the state. "A small state like Manipur which deserved to be handled with care, with empathy and compassion, there is no accountability, so many people have lost their lives. The government has lost the moral authority to govern, and no one is responsible, nobody in the state, nobody in the ruling party, nobody in Delhi is answering questions," Pilot said. "Mr. Rahul Gandhi went to Manipur to meet people. It was an effort, not a political effort to get brownie points for anything, but to make sure people feel that despite religious divisions and societal divisions, there are people who want to go and he

BJP-led govt bowled UCC 'googly' to divert attention from issues: Pilot

Amid a raging debate over a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said the talk about it is just "kite-flying" as there is no concrete proposal and alleged that the BJP-led Centre has bowled this "googly" to divert attention from the real issues concerning people. In an interview with PTI, Pilot said there is nothing on a UCC in the standing committees or Parliament and the talk is just based on a "rhetorical political speech". The former Union minister said there is no concrete proposal on a UCC and it is just being used by the BJP-led Centre as a "political tool". The 22nd Law Commission had, on June 14, initiated a fresh consultation process on a UCC by seeking views from the stakeholders, including members of the public and recognised religious organisations, on the politically-sensitive issue. Addressing a gathering of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Bhopal last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a UCC, saying the Constitut

Congress leaders will work together to ensure party's victory: Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday said the party's lawmakers and functionaries in Rajasthan will work together to ensure its victory in the upcoming assembly polls. After a meeting convened by the Congress leadership here to discuss the poll preparedness of the party, he said it discussed ways on how to buck the trend of the state voting out incumbent governments. Pilot also said that he raised the issues of corruption of the previous BJP government in the state, paper leaks and Rajasthan Public Service Commission reform. He expressed satisfaction that the party leadership has taken cognisance of the issues raised by him as well as those relating to the youth, and has given appropriate directions. The Congress leader said the party will make corruption an election issue in Rajasthan. The Congress government in Rajasthan is serious about acting against corruption that happened during the previous BJP rule, he told reporters after the meeting. "There was a meaningful discussi

Congress top brass deliberates with Raj leaders, all eyes on Gehlot-Pilot

Top leaders of the Congress were on Thursday holding deliberations with the party's leaders in Rajasthan on the strategy and poll preparedness, while also seeking to resolve the tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary organisation K C Venugopal, AICC in-charge of state Sukhjinder Randhawa, state unit chief Govind Singh Dotasra, Pilot and other senior leaders from Rajasthan met at the party headquarters here at 11 am. Chief Minister Gehlot, who is recovering from fractures in both his toes, is attending the meeting via video conferencing, sources said. Rahul Gandhi is also set to hold a press conference at the party headquarters here this afternoon. Kharge has been chairing key strategy meetings with leaders of poll-bound states. He has already held separate meetings with leaders of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. All eyes are on Rajasthan as

Rajasthan CM raises horse trading issue amid truce talks with Pilot camp

Amid reports of truce talks between Gehlot and Pilot camps in the national capital, Rajasthan CM Gehlot has once again brought up matter of horse trading

Sachin Pilot targets former CM Vasundhara Raje over corruption cases

Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday targeted ex-chief minister Vasundhara Raje over alleged corruption cases.

People's trust 'biggest asset for me', will not back down on demands: Pilot

Dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday said people's trust is the "biggest asset" for him and asserted that he will keep fighting to get them justice and not back down on his demands. He has been attacking the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan over alleged inaction into charges of corruption levelled by him against the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP dispensation. The state's former deputy chief minister has also demanded disbanding of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission and its reconstitution, and a compensation for those affected by government job exam paper leak cases. Addressing a programme after unveiling a statue of his father and former Union minister Rajesh Pilot on his death anniversary at the Gurjar hostel here, Sachin Pilot said, "For me, credibility among the public is the first priority. People's trust, promises made to them and credibility are the biggest assets in politics. In the last 20-22 years, since I have been in politics, I have n

Will he, won't he? Sachin Pilot's silence triggers murmurs over next move

A day before June 11, the death anniversary of Congress leader Rajesh Pilot, there was speculation in Rajasthan about his son and former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot leaving the Congress