The sudden intensification of the discussion on cabinet expansion in Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot meeting Rahul and Priyanka is no coincidence. Seeing the kind of political upheaval that is being seen here, you will guess that all this is being done for the Rajasthan assembly elections of 2023, but all this is being done for the assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh. Solving the problem of Rajasthan will make it easier to prepare Sachin Pilot for the UP elections. This is the reason that the possibilities of expanding the cabinet of Rajasthan quickly and the supporters of the Pilot faction are being included in the cabinet.
How is Sachin beneficial to Pilot?
The role of caste equation in Uttar Pradesh is considered very important. Jat-Gurjars are considered very important in western Uttar Pradesh and the BJP’s hold is considered strong here. On the one hand the Jat class is being spit out from the hands of the BJP and on the other hand the Gujjars are also angry with the BJP. In such a situation, the Congress will definitely want to capitalize on this opportunity and Priyanka Gandhi is engaged in making it happen. Apart from being the General Secretary of Congress, she is also in charge of Uttar Pradesh and it is clear from her activism in Rajasthan politics that she is planning a strategy for the 2022 assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh with Sachin Pilot.
Actually, western Uttar Pradesh is considered to be a Jat-Gurjar dominated area. Gujjars dominate in Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Saharanpur, Meerut and Bulandshahr. The city of Dadri in Gautam Budh Nagar is also called the capital of Gujjars. When Amit Chaudhary of Jat class was made the candidate for the post of chairman of Dadri city, the Gujjar class had strongly opposed the BJP, after which the BJP had to change its decision.
Pilot instead of Scindia
As we mentioned, Gujjar voters play a decisive role in many assembly seats in western Uttar Pradesh, but currently Congress does not have any big and effective Gujjar face in UP, due to which Priyanka Gandhi wants to activate Sachin Pilot in western Uttar Pradesh. Huh. Earlier Jyotiraditya Scindia was active from here, but now he is with BJP. Now Priyanka wants to give Pilot instead of Scindia. Not only is Sachin Pilot a strong Gujjar face, but his grassroots engagement also makes him a key player in the Uttar Pradesh elections.
Sachin Pilot is a grassroots leader and his association with party workers and being a popular face among the Gujjar community makes him an important leader for UP as well.
Sachin’s role in Congress’s victory
It was Sachin Pilot who played a big role in the victory of Congress in the 2018 assembly elections in Rajasthan. In Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot is considered a big leader of the Gujjar community and it was his influence that in the victory of the Congress party, about 70 percent of the vote bank was from the Gujjar community. Along with this, it is also said that it was Sachin Pilot who strengthened the Congress at the grassroots level and got the party victory in Rajasthan. Sachin Pilot shifted his focus from national politics to the challenges of the state and ensured the party’s victory by working at the grassroots level.
When Gujjars united for Sachin
Be it Dausa seat in 2004 or Ajmer seat in 2009, Sachin Pilot won both the times and became MP. After this, Pilot has also won the assembly elections twice from Tonk seat. From this you can understand how Sachin Pilot is connected with the general public. When Ashok Gehlot became the Chief Minister of the state and tried to sideline Pilot, the Gujjars had united in support of Pilot. In such a situation, Priyanka Gandhi’s activation of Sachin Pilot in western Uttar Pradesh can change the electoral equation for the party. Pilot can mobilize Gujjar voters in favor of Congress.
The Gujjar community has influence in about two dozen seats in Noida, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Sambhal, Meerut, Saharanpur, Kairana districts. Recently, BJP had also unveiled the statue of Gurjar emperor Mihir Bhoj at Mihir Bhoj Post Graduate College in Dadri to fulfill them, but this bet turned heavy on the BJP when the Rajput community got angry. Whether it was the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections or the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP had got a lot of support from the Gujjars, but this time due to the farmers’ movement, the biggest dilemma in front of the BJP is that it is going between the angry Jat, Gurjar and Rajput voters. How to create ‘balance’. This situation can prove beneficial for the Congress, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra understands the fact that Sachin Pilot being active in the state will prove to be positive for the party.
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