JAIPUR l TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00
RNI NO. RAJENG/2019/77764 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 66
L-R: Sachin Pilot, Avinash Pande, KC Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot
What a U-Turn! Aditi Nagar
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32-day-old Rajasthan Congress drama is apparently finally over. By taking a dramatic U-turn, the main author and hero of a Gehlot government rebel script Sachin Pilot has virtually surrendered in front of a 24/7 towering politician and a third time Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who , in a strategic
Gulab Chand Kataria
Satish Poonia
move, by leaving far behind his Gandhian image, has suddenly turned to be a rough and tough administrator, who has effectively dealt with this crisis and finally emerged as the most powerful Congress leader across the nation. In fact, it is a real mystery to decode what had finally inspired an compelled a defiant Pilot to make a home coming, just four days before a crucial 14th August assembly trust vote. According to sources, it was Pri-
yanka’s ultimate wish to bring back a divided house into a single disciplined unit and accordingly, she had prevailed upon her mother Sonia and brother Rahul Gandhi to find some ‘face saving’ truce between the two warring Gehlot and Pilot camps. However, at the moment, Pilot camp has to contend only with the formation of a three member committee to look into his grievances in a ‘reasonable time’. So everyone now first has to
Rajendra Rathore
behave and support a Gehlot government trust vote in assembly on 14th or so, if it comes that. Only thereafter a complete Pilot camp ‘rehabilitation package’ will be worked out by the Congress high command in consultation with the Chief Minister. Meanwhile, the ‘hopefuls’, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Gulab Chand Kataria, Satish Poonia and Rajendra Rathore have gone virtually speechless on this dramatic development!
Gajendra S Shekhawat