In an escalation of conflict in Rajasthan Congress, party leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday attacked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot saying that his speech in Dholpur showed that Gehlot’s leader “is not Sonia Gandhi but Vasundhara Raje Scindia”. Pilot announced ‘Jan Sangharsh Yatra’ from Ajmer on May 11 to raise issues of “corruption”.
Pilot’s attack on Gehlot came on a day Rahul Gandhi is in Rajasthan and days after the Chief Minister claimed at a rally in Dholpur that Vasundhara Raje was among BJP leaders who helped him save his government during the revolt by Pilot and some Congress MLAs in 2020 seeking change in leadership in the state. Gehlot had also targeted the MLAs who had revolted against him and said who those “who took money from the BJP to return it”.
Pilot alleged at a press conference that there was “corruption” under the BJP government and there was no action on it.
“For 4.5 years, why no action was taken, I am able to understand now. I wrote letters, went on fast but there was no action. Now I can understand why. But people are bigger than any leader. We will go before people. We will keep issues before them,” Pilot said.
He said the yatra will start from the RPSC office in Ajmer and alleged there was corruption there which led to the cancellation of exams affecting students and their parents.
“I will hold a five-day-long ‘Jan Sangarsh Yatra’ from Ajmer to Jaipur starting May 11. This yatra is against corruption. Any further decision will be taken after this yatra,” Pilot said.
Pilot, a former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister, said they will raise issues like corruption and other issues concerning the youth.
“I believe the right decisions are only taken when we have people’s support.”
Rajasthan will go to the polls later this year and the latest round of conflict between Pilot and Gehlot has raised problems for Congress.
“Some people want to weaken the Congress party, we will not let them succeed. But my stand on public issues, it was and will remain the same,” Pilot said.
Taking a swipe at Gehlot, Pilot said it is first time he has seen that an attempt was made to defame the party MLAs.He said allegations had been levelled that BJP had tried to bring down the Congress government and now there are remarks that BJP leaders saved it.