New Delhi: Sachin Pilot’s removal from the posts of Dy. CM and State Congress President of Rajasthan, his impending exit from the party brought out an outpouring of support and regret from party colleagues, who called him a talented leader and wished that things had not come to such a pass.

However, some questioned his over ambitiousness. The support show particularly from younger faces who were Ministerial colleagues in UPA Government. According to the indicating sources that interventions were made in a desperate effort to avoid what appeared to be the inevitable divorce between Pilot and Congress. While details were not available it appeared that calls were made to Pilot and the Congress brass to arrive at compromise, but the former was unrelenting in his rebellion.

The sense of regret is all the more significance as it seems to re-inforce the view that younger representatives do not have space and revives specification that the party is chary of anyone gaining prominence in comparison with Rahul Gandhi. Former Mumbai MP Priya Dutt said another friend leaves the party. Both Sachin and Jyothiraditya Scindia were colleagues and good friends. Unfortunately, our party has lost two stalwart young leaders with great potential.

I don’t believe being ambitious is wrong. They have worked hard through the most difficult times. Former Minister of State Jitin Prasada in a tweet said that Sachin Pilot is not just a colleague but my friend. No one can take away the fact that all these years, he has worked with dedication for the party sincerely hope the situation can still be salvaged, sad it has come to this. Though he is not in the same ‘Club’ former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet. I am sad to see Sachin Pilot leave Congress. I consider him one of our best and brightest, and wish it had not come to this.

However, he added that Pilot should have joined the effort to make the party a better “Instrument for his and our dreams”. Even here, there seemed to be a suggestion that there was a need for reform in the manner of Congress’s functioning. The systematic comments captured the widespread regret in the party at Pilot’s dismissal. While some said that Pilot had to be retained and things should not have been allowed to spiral, a functionary said. Rahul Gandhi invested a great deal of energy and political capital in him and his exit will bring that to naught.

However, another group said Pilot erred in his haste and did the unpardonable error of coordinating with BJP to bring down his own Government.