Udaipur : Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday. In the meeting they held a discussion regarding organizational changes and cabinet expansion. The meet was held at New Delhi.
According to sources, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal and AICC general secretary in-charge Ajay Maken were also present during the meeting, which lasted for over an hour at Rahul Gandhi’s Tughlaq Lane residence.
Party’s in-charge for Rajasthan Ajay Maken said it was a “routine meeting”. “It is a routine meeting, there is nothing special,” Maken said in a brief reply to questions from the reporters.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of plans for expansion of the state cabinet, and an organisational rejig, Maken had said on September 16 that both would be done once Gehlot’s health improves. The Rajasthan CM had undergone an angioplasty in August end.
It is learnt that issues related to the cabinet expansion and political appointments in Rajasthan were discussed at the meeting. The meeting comes amid a leadership tussle between Gehlot and former state deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot.
Last year, Pilot and 18 other Rajasthan MLAs had rebelled against Gehlot and left Rajasthan. They returned Congress high command pacified them, and a truce was called.
He was removed from the post of the deputy CM and the Pradesh Congress Committee chief after the episode. Maken had held extensive discussions with all Congress MLAs in the state in July.
Pilot since quite long time has been holding his demand of cabinet expansion. According to him cabinet expansion should happen and appointments to boards and corporations in the state should be made soon. He has been asserting that Congress workers and leaders working closely with him for the party should be given their dues.
Maken had said last month the roadmap is ready for cabinet expansion and organisational changes in the state.
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