Ashok Gehlot-Sachin Pilot tussle: Congress won't shy away from taking 'tough decisions', says Jairam Ramesh

Amid the power tussle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said if needed the party will not shy away from taking tough decisions to strengthen the organisation in that stateFor the Congress its organisation in Rajasthan is most important Ramesh the partys general secretary incharge of communications told reporters in Indore during the Bharat Jodo YatraGehlot on Thursday told a TV channel that Pilot is a gaddar traitor and cannot replace him drawing a sharp response from his former deputy who said such mudslinging would not help in an escalation of their rift days ahead of the entry of Rahul Gandhis Bharat Jodo Yatra into the desert stateGehlot also said Pilot had revolted against the Congress in 2020 and alleged that he tried to topple the state governmentPilot had hit back at Gehlot to say it was unbecoming of his stature to use the kind of language to attack him and make completely false and baseless allegationsAsked about the tussle between Gehlot and Pilot Ramesh on Sunday said The organisation is most important for us On the issue of Rajasthan we will decide on a solution which will strengthen our organisationFor this if we have to take tough decisions we will take If a compromise has to be made between the factions of Gehlot and Pilot then it will be done he saidRamesh also said the Congress leadership is considering a proper solution to the Rajasthan issueBut I cannot fix any time frame for this solution Only the Congress leadership will decide the time frame for it he saidRamesh further said the Congress needs both Gehlot and PilotHe also said the Rajasthan CM should not have used certain words in his interviewAlso ReadGujarat polls Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja his sister bat for different partiesSpeaking on the Rahul Gandhiled Bharat Jodo Yatra Ramesh said like other states it would also be successful in RajasthanThe foot march a mass contact initiative of the Congress started from September 7 at Kanyakumari in Tamil NaduIt is currently underway in Madhya Pradesh On December 4 the yatra will enter Rajasthan where the Assembly elections are due next yearOn the Bharatiya Janata Partys promise of the implementation of Uniform Civil Code in its manifesto for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls Ramesh said The debate on the UCC should continue inside and outside ParliamentBut the BJP deliberately raises divisive issues during elections to polarise votes he allegedRamesh said the BJP has raised the issue of UCC to gain in the Gujarat Assembly elections scheduled on December 1 and 5They BJP will forget the issue after the elections he claimedThe main contest in Gujarat is between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress Ramesh asserted and claimed the Aam Aadmi Partys balloon will burst after the results are declaredThe media has inflated this balloon The AAP does not seem strong at the grassroot level in Gujarat he further claimedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever