Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot right now appeared collectively in an uneasy present of unity after the Chief Minister referred to as his former deputy a “gaddar (traitor)” in a bombshell interview to NDTV.

Speaking to reporters in Rajasthan’s Jaipur, the feuding leaders stood subsequent to one another and pressured that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which enters Rajasthan on December 4, will likely be a giant success within the state.

“The party is supreme for us. We want the party to forge ahead and regain its glory,” Chief Minister Gehlot instructed reporters.

“There is an atmosphere of tension in the country and it is a huge challenge. But the success of the yatra shows that people fully support the issues raised by Rahul Gandhi.”

Sachin Pilot mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra with Rahul Gandhi “will be welcomed with maximum enthusiasm and energy in Rajasthan”.

The Gehlot-Pilot joint look was an crucial for the Congress, which is battling unhealthy blood between its two high leaders in Rajasthan simply earlier than Rahul Gandhi begins his 12-day tour of the state.

The detente got here by way of at a gathering of the rivals and Gandhis’ trusted aide KC Venugopal, who was despatched to Rajasthan to “oversee preps” for the yatra.

In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Thursday, Mr Gehlot mentioned: “A gaddar (traitor) cannot be Chief Minister. The High Command cannot make Sachin Pilot the Chief Minister… a man who doesn’t have 10 MLAs. Who revolted. He betrayed the party, (he) is a traitor.”

Mr Pilot, in response, mentioned it was “unbecoming” of a senior chief to make use of such phrases at a time the Congress wanted to challenge a united entrance.

The free-for-all shocked the Congress, which clarified that “the party needs both leaders” – the skilled Ashok Gehlot and the “young and energetic” Sachin Pilot. The celebration additionally mentioned the dispute can be resolved with the celebration’s finest pursuits in thoughts.

Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi rejected that the “gaddar” row would influence his yatra. “It will not affect the yatra and both the leaders are assets to the Congress party,” he mentioned in Indore.

Mr Gehlot, referring to these feedback, mentioned: “When Rahul Gandhi has said that our leaders are assets then we are assets… where is the dispute then?”