New Delhi, April 21: Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot met party chief Sonia Gandhi here on Thursday after which he asserted that the objective is to retain power in Rajasthan and called for moving forward on organisational and government changes made earlier in the state.
Speaking with reporters after the over hour-long meeting at Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence, Pilot stated that he would fulfil any responsibility the Congress president directs him to perform, stressing that he wants to repeat the Congress government in his home state.
“Some work has been done through the AICC committee but there is a need to do more hard work and I am confident that if we work unitedly, the Congress government would be formed in the assembly polls next year,” the senior Congress leader said.
Sources said Pilot had a “good meeting” with the Congress president and he was “happy with the outcome”.
They said poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s plan for the party’s revival and the strategy he has presented for 2024 general elections and assembly polls, including in Rajasthan next year, was also discussed during the meeting.
“A number of topics were discussed. We deliberated upon the struggle that we need to undertake for the issues of the people. The repressive policies of the BJP at the Centre and states are before us. How the party has to be strengthened to work for the common people and become their voice was discussed,” Pilot said after the meeting.
“Organisational polls are ongoing and that process was also discussed. I have given the feedback on the political situation in Rajasthan going forward, which was discussed,” the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister said.
He said there is a convention that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party come to power alternately in Rajasthan and stressed that it was important to change that. (PTI)
