Why Is Sachin Pilot Defying His Own Congress Party With Protest?
Sachin Pilot , the former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, has been at the center of a political drama that has been unfolding in the state. The Congress Party, of which he is a member, has accused him of conspiring to bring down the government in the state. In response, Pilot has been defying his own party by staging protests and rallies in Rajasthan. The reason behind Sachin Pilot's protest is rooted in his long-standing differences with the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot. Pilot had been angling for the Chief Minister's post, but the party chose to appoint Gehlot instead. This decision led to simmering tensions between the two leaders. The rift between Pilot and Gehlot came to a head last year when the Congress Party was struggling to keep its coalition government in Karnataka intact. At the time, Pilot and his supporters had camped out in a luxury resort in Haryana, triggering a political crisis in Rajasthan. The Congress leadership managed to placate Pilot and ...