By PTI
JAIPUR: Dissident Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Monday cited his get collectively’s victory throughout the Karnataka Assembly polls to push for movement by the Ashok Gehlot authorities over alleged corruption in the midst of the sooner BJP rule in Rajasthan.
As the assembly polls technique in Rajasthan, the earlier deputy chief minister mounted pressure on Chief Minister Gehlot and the get collectively’s excessive administration with a five-day yatra which ended Monday with a large rally in Jaipur.
In an effort to nook Gehlot, Pilot has been demanding movement over accusations of corruption made by the Congress ahead of the Rajasthan polls in 2018.
In an interview with PTI sooner than the Jaipur rally, he in distinction the situation now in Karnataka, the place the Congress has swept the assembly polls, with that in Rajasthan in 2018.
“We levelled allegations of corruption against the BJP government in Karnataka. The Congress has got a mandate there and if no action against corruption by the (BJP’s) Bommai government is taken, will people listen to us after five years?” he acknowledged.
“This is the situation here in Rajasthan. So I want action taken on this,” he added.
Pilot’s argument is that the Congress levelled corruption costs in opposition to the BJP authorities of Vasundhara Raje ahead of the 2018 elections, and different individuals anticipated it to behave on the issue as quickly because it acquired right here to power.
He requested how he may presumably be mistaken in talking about corruption that handed off in the midst of the time interval of the sooner BJP authorities throughout the state.
Pilot, who’s locked in a administration tussle with Gehlot throughout the state, acknowledged he’ll proceed to raise the issue eventually as successfully.
At the rally later, he was additional categorical.
He threatened to launch a critical agitation if his requires are often not met by the month-end.
About 15 Congress MLAs shared the dais with him throughout the current of power.
In 2018 the get collectively’s excessive administration confronted in Rajasthan a dilemma of the sort it encounters in Karnataka the place it is pressured to decide on between two CM aspirants — D Okay Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah.
The get collectively had then gone with Gehlot, disappointing Pilot who claimed to have led the Congress to victory as a result of the president of the state unit.
Pilot acknowledged when Gehlot was given the prospect by the get collectively to run the state authorities for the first time in 1998 he was merely 47 or 48 years outdated, and veteran Congress leaders of that time adopted the get collectively self-discipline.
Pilot (45) was most likely alluding to the argument that he is too youthful to grow to be the chief minister.
He moreover criticised Gehlot loyalist and minister Shanti Dhariwal’s newest remark that the CM has confirmed quite a few enormous leaders their place.
Reacting to Gehlot’s newest remark that he under no circumstances boasted about how he gained 156 seats for the Congress in 1998, Pilot acknowledged no one can boast or take credit score rating for one factor like this.
It is the get collectively that contests elections and votes are given on insurance coverage insurance policies and guidelines, he acknowledged.
When requested regarding the state authorities schemes, Pilot acknowledged, “A good budget comes, good announcements are made, good policy is made. But why don’t we get the votes? It is the reality and the bitter truth.”
He acknowledged he has raised quite a few factors on get collectively platforms to verify this doesn’t happen throughout the coming Rajasthan elections.
Pilot has been asking the get collectively to resolve “issues” he had raised in 2020 when he and 18 completely different Congress MLAs revolted in opposition to Gehlot’s administration.
When requested about opinions that he has decided to surrender the Congress if factors relating to him are often not addressed, Pilot known as it speculation created by the media.
He acknowledged the Congress get collectively purchased monumental assist throughout the 2018 elections on the promise that it’ll take movement on “corruption” by the then Vasundhara Raje-led BJP authorities.
But no movement was taken, he acknowledged.
So he wrote letters to the CM for one and a half years, after which held a one-day fast in Jaipur ultimate month.
On get collectively leaders calling his foot march from Ajmer to Jaipur a “personal” yatra, the chief acknowledged the issues raised by him purchased monumental assist from most of the people.
“People are coming together on these issues despite the scorching heat, they are walking with me. The support one can see on the road is the support for the issues which I am raising,” he acknowledged.
At the rally, he gave the Gehlot authorities an ultimatum to agree to some requires, along with a high-level probe into “corruption” by the BJP authorities.
The dissident chief moreover demanded the reconstitution of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) over examination paper leaks, and compensation for aspirants who suffered as a consequence of this.
JAIPUR: Dissident Congress chief Sachin Pilot on Monday cited his get collectively’s victory throughout the Karnataka Assembly polls to push for movement by the Ashok Gehlot authorities over alleged corruption in the midst of the sooner BJP rule in Rajasthan.
As the assembly polls technique in Rajasthan, the earlier deputy chief minister mounted pressure on Chief Minister Gehlot and the get collectively’s excessive administration with a five-day yatra which ended Monday with a large rally in Jaipur.
In an effort to nook Gehlot, Pilot has been demanding movement over accusations of corruption made by the Congress ahead of the Rajasthan polls in 2018.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
In an interview with PTI sooner than the Jaipur rally, he in distinction the situation now in Karnataka, the place the Congress has swept the assembly polls, with that in Rajasthan in 2018.
“We levelled allegations of corruption against the BJP government in Karnataka. The Congress has got a mandate there and if no action against corruption by the (BJP’s) Bommai government is taken, will people listen to us after five years?” he acknowledged.
“This is the situation here in Rajasthan. So I want action taken on this,” he added.
Pilot’s argument is that the Congress levelled corruption costs in opposition to the BJP authorities of Vasundhara Raje ahead of the 2018 elections, and different individuals anticipated it to behave on the issue as quickly because it acquired right here to power.
He requested how he may presumably be mistaken in talking about corruption that handed off in the midst of the time interval of the sooner BJP authorities throughout the state.
Pilot, who’s locked in a administration tussle with Gehlot throughout the state, acknowledged he’ll proceed to raise the issue eventually as successfully.
At the rally later, he was additional categorical.
He threatened to launch a critical agitation if his requires are often not met by the month-end.
About 15 Congress MLAs shared the dais with him throughout the current of power.
In 2018 the get collectively’s excessive administration confronted in Rajasthan a dilemma of the sort it encounters in Karnataka the place it is pressured to decide on between two CM aspirants — D Okay Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah.
The get collectively had then gone with Gehlot, disappointing Pilot who claimed to have led the Congress to victory as a result of the president of the state unit.
Pilot acknowledged when Gehlot was given the prospect by the get collectively to run the state authorities for the first time in 1998 he was merely 47 or 48 years outdated, and veteran Congress leaders of that time adopted the get collectively self-discipline.
Pilot (45) was most likely alluding to the argument that he is too youthful to grow to be the chief minister.
He moreover criticised Gehlot loyalist and minister Shanti Dhariwal’s newest remark that the CM has confirmed quite a few enormous leaders their place.
Reacting to Gehlot’s newest remark that he under no circumstances boasted about how he gained 156 seats for the Congress in 1998, Pilot acknowledged no one can boast or take credit score rating for one factor like this.
It is the get collectively that contests elections and votes are given on insurance coverage insurance policies and guidelines, he acknowledged.
When requested regarding the state authorities schemes, Pilot acknowledged, “A good budget comes, good announcements are made, good policy is made. But why don’t we get the votes? It is the reality and the bitter truth.”
He acknowledged he has raised quite a few factors on get collectively platforms to verify this doesn’t happen throughout the coming Rajasthan elections.
Pilot has been asking the get collectively to resolve “issues” he had raised in 2020 when he and 18 completely different Congress MLAs revolted in opposition to Gehlot’s administration.
When requested about opinions that he has decided to surrender the Congress if factors relating to him are often not addressed, Pilot known as it speculation created by the media.
He acknowledged the Congress get collectively purchased monumental assist throughout the 2018 elections on the promise that it’ll take movement on “corruption” by the then Vasundhara Raje-led BJP authorities.
But no movement was taken, he acknowledged.
So he wrote letters to the CM for one and a half years, after which held a one-day fast in Jaipur ultimate month.
On get collectively leaders calling his foot march from Ajmer to Jaipur a “personal” yatra, the chief acknowledged the issues raised by him purchased monumental assist from most of the people.
“People are coming together on these issues despite the scorching heat, they are walking with me. The support one can see on the road is the support for the issues which I am raising,” he acknowledged.
At the rally, he gave the Gehlot authorities an ultimatum to agree to some requires, along with a high-level probe into “corruption” by the BJP authorities.
The dissident chief moreover demanded the reconstitution of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) over examination paper leaks, and compensation for aspirants who suffered as a consequence of this.
