CLIFFHANGER
India Today|July 27, 2020
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot secures his party’s backing to cut challenger Sachin Pilot to size, but the threat to his government is far from over
KAUSHIK DEKA, ROHIT PARIHAR & UDAY MAHURKAR
CLIFFHANGER

ON DECEMBER 14, 2018, a little past 2 pm, then Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his party’s two stalwarts in Rajasthan—Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot—came out of a huddle in a corner room of Gandhi’s residence at New Delhi’s 12, Tughlaq Lane. A decision had been taken that Gehlot would be the next chief minister of Rajasthan and Pilot his deputy. The Congress had just won 100 seats in the 200-member Rajasthan assembly and was set to form the government. Before leaving the room, Rahul told the two leaders: “There must be an equitable distribution of power. Gehlot-ji, you will take care of your young colleague.” The leaders exchanged smiles and posed for a photograph, which Rahul tweeted with the caption “United colours of Rajasthan”.

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