Former Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly and Congress MLA from Srimadhopur, Deependra Singh Shekhawat, who’s among the many 18 legislators loyal to former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, mentioned on Wednesday that Pilot and his supporters usually are not bargaining for any posts however in search of ‘honour and self-respect’ for the grassroots Congress employees within the state.
“Reports of a bargain going on for number of positions in the cabinet, boards and corporation are absolutely false. Mr Pilot and all of us have been striving to seek honour and self-respect for the grassroots Congress workers in Rajasthan,” Shekhawat mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
He added that those that helped the Congress come into energy within the state have to be given sufficient recognition.
“Those individuals who valiantly took on the wrath of BJP governments of Vasundhara Raje and Modi from 2014 onwards, gave their sweat and blood to revive the Congress after it suffered its worst-ever defeat in 2013 — getting only 21 seats out of 200 — need to get adequate recognition and respect now that we are the party in power,” he mentioned.
Shekhawat’s assertion comes a day after six former BSP MLAs, accused 19 MLAs who had camped at Delhi and Haryana final yr throughout the political disaster, of pressurising the Congress excessive command.
Their concentrating on of the Pilot camp had led to 2 loyalist MLAs of Pilot launching a counter-attack on the previous BSP MLAs, saying how can individuals who change events query these whose households have been within the Congress for generations.
The former Speaker mentioned that the political appointments shouldn’t be given to ‘cherry-picked bureaucrats.’
“Political appointments should be given to those who have carried the burden of making the Congress win at the polling booths and not cherry-picked retired bureaucrats and officers whose loyalties are temporary, at best,” mentioned Shekhawat.
“We have full faith in the commitment made by the high command to address all such issues which we have raised,” he added.
