Ahead Of Polls, Ashok Gehlot Shares "Youth Leader" Sachin Pilot's Appeal
NDTV
The Congress is bidding to retain control of Rajasthan but faces a strong challenge from the BJP and must also fight the state's tradition of voting out the ruling party every five years.
In signs the Congress is, at least for now, working together to ensure it retains power in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday shared a nearly two-minute video appeal to the electorate by his rival and former deputy Sachin Pilot to vote for the ruling party in Saturday's election. कांग्रेस के युवा नेता सचिन पायलट जी की राजस्थान के लोगों से कांग्रेस को वोट देने की अपील।@SachinPilot#कांग्रेस_की7गारंटी#कांग्रेस_फिर_सेpic.twitter.com/3bS1PaOhbg
Mr Gehlot called his now ex-deputy - who in 2020 launched an unsuccessful bid to oust the senior leader - a "Congress youth leader" in his post on X (formerly Twitter) in which he shared the video.
In the video, Sachin Pilot begins by talking about the re-election campaign and says, "In the past few weeks, all of us have travelled across the state to reach out to you, the voters. Based on the feedback, I am confident that the next government will be formed by the Congress."
