jaipur a new state unit of congress in rajasthan will be in place by the yearend and chairpersons for boards of corporations would be appointed by january 31 after holding wideranging consultations and ensuring equitable distribution to all sections aicc general secretary incharge for the state ajay maken said on monday he also said the congress party in rajasthan is united and there is no threat to its government in the state led by chief minister ashok gehlot as he asserted that the bjp would miserably fail if they try to bring it down again the congress leader said gehlot is an honest politician and an experienced warhorse while he also described sachin pilot as an asset for the party the congress government in rajasthan was on the verge of collapse after pilot along with 19 disgruntled mlas raised a banner of revolt earlier this year hectic consultations with rebel leaders led by pilot helped the congress save its government and its state unit from a division congress president sonia gandhi had set up a threemember panel of maken aicc general secretary organisation k c venugopal and senior party leader ahmed patel to iron out differences within the state leadership maken said the panel met thrice in augustseptember but after the demise of patel the two other members he and venugopal met last week and fixed deadlines for appointing a new pcc pradesh congress committee body and heads of boards and corporations in the state the issue has been lingering for some time and the factions within the state congress do not want to be left out we have charted out a course of action in detail we have fixed some deadlines which have been communicated to the cm pcc president sachin pilot and others the ongoing phase of the local body elections in rajasthan would be over by december 20 soon after that within 10 days before the end of this month the pcc president will submit his proposal for the pcc executive body for further approval of the aicc president maken told in an interview he said the deadline for seeking approval of the aicc president for appointing the heads of boards and corporations has also been fixed as january 31 equitable distribution and wideranging consultations above the group line is the mantra given to the state leaders in finalizing these proposals he said maken said he has met all the leaders and mlas in the state and has been in constant touch with pilot pcc chief govind singh dotasara is also in touch with all former pcc chiefs including pilot and is holding discussions with them for accommodating all grassroot workers in the new body maken said a policy direction has been given to the state unit chief for ensuring equitable distribution of posts among genuine and deserving party workers and leaders while cutting across group lines care was taken in appointing observers and distribution of party tickets to ensure that winnability and deserving candidates