"High Command's Call": Sachin Pilot On Who Will Get Rajasthan Top Post

The remarks are significant against the backdrop of the intense rivalry between the Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps

Elected MLAs and the Congress high command will decide who will lead the party's government in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said, fuelling speculation that he remains in the race for the Chief Minister's post currently occupied by arch-rival Ashok Gehlot.

The remarks, made during an exclusive interview to NDTV on the campaign trail, are significant against the backdrop of the intense rivalry between the Gehlot and Pilot camps that had almost toppled the Congress government in 2020.

While the party has tried to put up a united front for the polls, veiled swipes bare the tussle from time to time. Earlier, in a dig at his rival, Mr Gehlot had said he wants to give up the Chief Minister's post, "but this post is not letting me go".