Spotlight On Sachin Pilot, Priyanka Gandhi In Congress' Big Reshuffle

Sachin Pilot has been appointed Congress General Secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh today as the party continues its organisational overhaul with an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been replaced as the party's Uttar Pradesh in charge.

She continues to be the party's General Secretary "without any assigned portfolio", the party said in a statement. Avinash Pandey has replaced her in the state.

Sachin Pilot's appointment is being seen as a move to pacify the leader, who has been seeking a greater role in the party. Mr Pilot's dissatisfaction with the party's Rajasthan leadership almost cost Congress the desert state mid-term in 2020, when the disgruntled leader, then the Deputy Chief Minister, led a coup against Ashok Gehlot.