Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot put up show of unity ahead of Rahul Gandhi's yatra

In a show of unity days after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot called his former deputy Sachin Pilot a traitor the two leaders seemed to put their power tussle on hold as they appeared together before the camerasThis is the Rajasthan Congress All India Congress Committee AICC general secretary said at a press conference where he held the hands of both leadersThe Congress leaders were talking to reporters after participating in a meeting on preparations for the partys Bharat Jodo Yatra scheduled to enter Congressrun Rajasthan on December 4Venugopal recalled former party president Rahul Gandhis remarks in Indore Monday when he said both Gehlot and Pilot are assets to the party Gandhi had been asked about Gehlots traitor remark that had seemed to queer the pitch for the Rajasthan phase of the yatra led by himAshok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have assured that the yatra Rajasthan phase will be the one of the most successful in the country I am also sure that Rajasthan will also be the number 1 state Venugopal told reporters in JaipurAnd senior party leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted The Congress in the state is united and determined to ensure that it will be an outstanding success And indeed it will beEarlier while going into the meeting Gehlot too had recalled Gandhis remarksWhen Rahul Gandhi has said that our leaders are assets then we are assets where is the dispute then the CM saidThis is the beauty of our party that after our top leader says anything there is no scope for further argument he saidLast week Gehlot told NDTV that Pilot is a ghaddar traitor who cannot replace him as CM as he had revolted against the Congress in 2020 and tried to topple the state government In response Pilot said such mudslinging would not helpOn leaders making statements against each other despite a party advisory Venugopal said he has asked for a report on this from the state party chief We will take this up separately he addedAlso Read If BJP had worked in MCD it would not have needed big campaigners KejriwalHe said the people of the country have seen the real face of Rahul Gandhi but a demoralised BJP was spreading lies about his yatraWe are very much united Here Ashok ji and Sachin ji both have already said the Congress is united in Rajasthan he saidVenugopal said the yatra will not be a short term event and the party will unitedly fight the next elections and winPilot said the Bharat Jodo Yatra was getting huge support and lakhs of people from all classes will associate with it in the stateThe yatra will enter Rajasthan in Jhalawar and will cut across the state in about 15 days Ahead of this Pilots supporters seemed to have renewed their demand to replace Gehlot with Pilot as the chief ministerThe BJP is worried because of the yatra There is great enthusiasm among people to welcome the yatra to Rajasthan the former deputy CM saidPilot lost this post and was also sacked as the state Congress president after the 2020 rebellion against Gehlot by a group of Congress MLAs led by himGehlot said the BJP is trying to provoke Congress to gain advantage in the Gujarat Assembly electionsAt the beginning of the meeting both Gehlot and Pilot greeted each in the war room set up to prepare for the Rajasthan phase of Gandhis long march which began from KanyakumariBefore the meeting the CM told reporters that the main issue before the party in Rajasthan is the 2023 assembly election and claimed that the mood is in the favour of the CongressWe will win the assembly elections We have introduced several unique schemes and programmes which are benefitting people across the state I get an overwhelming response from people when I go on visits It means that the government is going to be repeated he saidGehlot said the BJP should bother about itself instead of commenting on the CongressOn reports of NITI Aayog ViceChairman Suman Berys concern over the revival of the Old Pension Scheme the CM said the NITI Aayog or the Reserve Bank of India should first tell what concerns they had raised at the time of demonetisationHe said the old scheme for government employees was revived in the state for the sake of social securityThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever