The crisis between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot has come to a different stage. The Congress on Tuesday sacked Pilot as Rajasthan deputy chief minister and removed him as Congress’ state unit president.Pilot had openly revolted against Gehlot after the special operations group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police, probing the alleged case of bribing of MLAs to topple the Congress government in the state, sent a notice to him for appearing before it. Pilot’s supporters sare of the view that the notice is to humiliate their leader.
As attempts failed to pacify Sachin Pilot, the grand old party sacked Congress leader Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan deputy chief minister and state unit president. The decision to remove Pilot from the key positions was taken at the Congress Legislature Party meeting which was held at the at Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur.
The Congress launched a scathing attack on the BJP and accused it of trying to topple the Rajasthan government by using money power. “BJP was trying to lure Congress MLAs and some Independents to destabilise the Ashok Gehlot government,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
Commenting on the issue of Sachin Pilot and some other Rajasthan Congress legislatures, Surjewala said, “Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had many times spoke to Sachin Pilot and tried to pacify him,” adding that “Other senior Congress leaders also spoke to him and invited him to have talks and sort out the differences.”
