Sachin Pilot's Subtle Dig At Ashok Gehlot: "Don't Demean Each Other"
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In July 2020, Sachin Pilot almost brought the government down with his rebellion against Mr Gehlot who has often been openly critical of him.
As state assembly elections draw close in Rajasthan, and the Congress also votes for a new head of the party, old internal rivalries in the party's state unit seem set to spill out in the public again. In an indirect swipe at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who pipped him to the top job after the 2018 assembly elections, former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Monday urged party workers to back each other and refrain from mudslinging among themselves. Supporters had gathered in large numbers to wish Congress leader Sachin Pilot a day ahead of his 45th birthday.
Mr Pilot, who was in Rajasthan's Dausa, told party workers, "if we can't support each other, don't demean each other".
"If we can't shout slogans to cheer someone, let us not oppose them. We have to take everyone along," he added.
Mr Pilot had been a strong contender for the Chief Minister's post after the Congress won in 2018, but the party chose instead to go with the more senior and experienced Mr Gehlot.
