Ashok Gehlot's leader is Vasundhara Raje, says Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday took a sharp jibe at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot saying that his speech in Dholpur showed his leader is not Sonia Gandhi but Vasundhara Raje ScindiaGehlot had claimed 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 stateAddressing a press conference Pilot also said that he has now understood why Gehlot has not acted on his allegations of corruption during the BJP government in the stateAfter listening to Ashok Gehlots speech in Dholpur it seems like his leader is not Sonia Gandhi but Vasundhara Raje Scindia For the first time I am seeing someone criticize MPs and MLAs of their own party Praising leaders from BJP and dishonouring Congress leaders is beyond my understanding this is absolutely wrong Pilot saidAlso Read Firm in my demand for action on BJPs corruption Sachin PilotI have now understood why the CM Ashok Gehlot has not acted against corruption he addedPilots attack amounts to an escalation of his conflict with Gehlot in the crucial state which will go to the polls by the end of this yearThe attack on Gehlot came a day before polling in Karnataka polls in which Congress is fighting a crucial battlePilota former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister announced that he will hold a fivedaylong Jan Sangarsh Yatra from Ajmer to Jaipur starting May 11This yatra is against corruption Any further decision will be taken after this yatra he saidPilot had held a daylong fast last month even as the party leadership had cautioned him against it over his demand for action by the Gehlot government for alleged corruption during the BJP rule in the stateBJP leader Vasundhara Raje had countered Ashok Gehlots claims saying Rajasthan Chief Minister is lying out of fear of losing the 2023 Assembly elections and his false allegations show he is rattled by the rebellion in state Congress unitGehlot had credited Vasundhara Raje and two other Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders for having helped him save his government during the 2020 crisis when some Congress MLAs revoltedGehlots statement against me is a conspiracy Nobody can insult me as much as Gehlot has done He is lying out of fear of losing the 2023 Assembly elections and has made such false allegations as he is rattled by the rebellion in his own party Raje had saidAddressing a programme in Dholpur on Sunday Gehlot alleged that there was a conspiracy against his governmentFormer Chief Minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Scindia Shobha Rani and Kailash Meghwal knew their party people were toppling the government Vasundhara Raje Scindia and Kailash Meghwal had said that it has never been our tradition to topple the elected government on the basis of money They did not support those who toppled the government due to which our government survived Gehlot had saidBoth Pilot and Gehlot have taken potshots at each other in the past forcing the party leadership to interveneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever