In caste, image, some Sachin Pilot loyalists hold enviable electoral clout
(WorldNews India)

Several of the 18 Rajasthan Congress MLAs backing former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot come from castes such as Jat, Meena and Gujjar, communities which hold substantial clout in the state’s electoral politics. Analysis of the performance of these legislators in 2018 Assembly elections shows that at least 12 of them had won by a margin of more than 10,000 votes, including three of them by more than 40,000 votes. Pilot himself reached the Vidhan Sabha from Tonk constituency, winning by a margin of more than 54,000 votes. Sources in the Congress said that if some of the more experienced MLAs in Pilot camp decide to contest elections against the party’s official candidates in...