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'Forgiven and forgotten': Ashok Gehlot meets Sachin Pilot for first time after truce

Gehlot on Thursday called for a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) at 5 pm, a day before the assembly session begins. The opposition BJP has said it will bring a no-confidence motion in the Assembly tomorrow.

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Congress general secretary KC Venugopal with Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday convened a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) at 5 pm, the first since the reconciliation efforts in the party started showing some results. 

Gehlot also met former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot at his residence, the first meeting since the falling out over various issues last month. 

On August 11, a CLP meeting was held by Gehlot at Suryagarh hotel in Jaisalmer where party MLAs were camped for the last few days. This was the first meeting of MLAs after reconciliation talks between Pilot and party leadership in Delhi.

The reconciliation has come right ahead of the commencement of the session of the Rajasthan Assembly on August 14. Congress General Secretary Avinash Pande said the suspension of two MLAs accused of conspiring with the BJP to bring down the government was being revoked. 

"After a consultative discussion, the suspension of @INCRajasthan MLA Sh. Bhanwarlal Sharma ji and Sh. @vishvendrabtp ji is hereby revoked," he said.

The opposition BJP has said it will bring a no-confidence motion in the Assembly tomorrow. 

"We are bringing a no-confidence motion tomorrow in the Assembly along with our allies," Gulab Chand Kataria, the Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan Assembly, said. 

"There are a lot of differences in the government. The way they have struggled, there are chances that they might bring a vote of confidence in the Assembly but we are also ready to bring a no-confidence motion," Rajasthan BJP president Satish Punia said. 

Earlier in the day, Gehlot said whatever misunderstanding occurred within the Congress party in the last one month, need to be forgiven and forgotten in the interest of the country, state, people and in the interest of democracy.

Last month, Pilot was removed as Deputy Chief Minister and Rajasthan Congress chief after his differences with Gehlot came out in open triggering a political crisis in the state.Pilot was reportedly miffed after the SOG sent him a notice to record his statement in a case of alleged poaching of Congress MLAs in the state.

However, this apparently seems to have ended now as Pilot has agreed to work for the party after a meeting with the Congress top leadership. 

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