Overview

• Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot visited former chief minister Ashok Gehlot at his Civil Lines residence on June 7 for a private discussion
• Pilot personally invited Gehlot to a ceremony in Dausa commemorating his father Rajesh Pilot’s death on June 11
• Gehlot shared video of the meeting on X and recalled entering Parliament alongside Rajesh Pilot in 1980
• The encounter is viewed as a notable thaw in relations after the 2020 crisis that fragmented the Rajasthan Congress
• Party workers and analysts see the gesture as a step toward consolidating the state unit ahead of upcoming electoral challenges