Congress on Tuesday sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister and therefore the party’s state unit chief.
Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, the party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra immediately after the Congress Legislature Party meeting where the choice to get rid of the three ministers was taken.
Sources said Gehlot briefed the Governor on recent developments within the state, caught within the grip of an influence struggle between him and Pilot.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara are going to be the new Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief.
He said Sachin Pilot enjoyed the love and blessings of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and was given political power at a young age.
Yet, he and other ministers were trying to topple the government as a part of a BJP conspiracy, he said after the Congress Legislature Party meeting at a hotel on the Delhi highway here.
“It can’t be acceptable to any party . Therefore, the Congress took the choices with an important heart, he said announcing the removal of Sachin Pilot, Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet.
Surjewala said Govind Singh Dotasara, who is an experienced OBC leader and therefore the son of a farmer, has been made the new state Congress chief.
