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BJP Lok Sabha member Harish Meena joins Congress ahead of Rajasthan polls

Sachin Pilot said he will contest the Assembly elections on Gandhi's directions and Gehlot's request

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Archis Mohan New Delhi
The Congress, which is increasingly confident of winning at least Rajasthan among the five poll-bound states, has kept the question of its leadership in the state open. 

Two of its topmost leaders in the state – former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and state unit chief Sachin Pilot – are set to contest.

Announcing this here at a joint press conference with Pilot sitting next to him, Gehlot said the question of leadership will be settled after the elections. 

He suggested this was in accordance to the wishes of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, and alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was