Sachin Pilot to meet Rahul Gandhi, demand for plum portfolio in Rajasthan likely: Sources

Update at 6.05 pm: meeting is scheduled between Sachin Pilot and Rahul Gandhi at latter's residence. 

As per sources, Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot is likely to meet former Congress president Rahul Gandhi at about 5.30 pm on Sunday in national capital. He might have a conversation with party president Sonia Gandhi as well. This comes after Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal submitted a report to Rahul Gandhi in which he reportedly disapproved of police tice being sent to Pilot.

Sources reveal that Pilot loyalists want him to remain state Congress chief and get a plum portfolio in Ashok Gehlot-led government. This is expected to be discussed in meeting with Rahul Gandhi. Earlier in day, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot downplayed tice issued by state police's Special Operations Group (SOG) to Deputy CM Sachin Pilot on July 10. Gehlot stated that tices were issued t just to Pilot but also multiple MLAs including himself in connection with alleged involvement of BJP leers for toppling state government. Moreover, he clarified that y were being called to merely record ir statement. 

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Fissures between Gehlot and Pilot deepen

dressing a press conference on Saturday, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot accused BJP of seeking to topple his government amid COVID-19 crisis. He claimed that Congress MLAs and Independent legislators were being offered up to Rs.25 lakh each to switch sides on lines of recent pattern in Mhya Presh. However, BJP refuted this allegation, highlighting that re was infighting among Congress ranks. Incidentally, Pilot too h denied that his party MLAs were lured after Congress won two out of three Rajya Sabha seats in June. 

But, Pilot’s departure to Delhi with some of his supporting legislators on Saturday set off alarm bells in Congress camp. As per sources, he h a one-to-one meeting with senior Congress leer Ahmed Patel, where he listed a long list of grievances. Some of  MLAs from Pilot camp are believed to be lodged at Gurugram as well.  ditionally, sources revealed that Pilot h sought a meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi to apprise her of step-morly treatment being meted out to his faction. Meanwhile, Gehlot has summoned a meeting of all Ministers and Congress MLAs on Sunday night in Jaipur.

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