New Delhi: The much talked about 'bitter chemistry' between the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot came out in the open on Tuesday when the latter launched a no-holds-barred attack on his senior party colleague for his Dholpur speech which alluded that Pilot's leader is not Sonia Gandhi but Vasundhara Raje Scindia.
Pilot, who went all guns blazing at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday, also denied Gehlot's charges during his speech that the MLAs who rebelled against him in 2020 had taken money from the BJP. Pilot also announced a 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra' from Ajmer to Jaipur on May 11 to raise issues of corruption.
Earlier, in a veiled attack on former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, Ashok Gehlot credited Raje, former Assembly Speaker Kailash Meghwal and MLA Shobharani Kushwaha for having helped him save his government during the 2020 crisis.
Gehlot who is publicly known for his bad blood with his former Deputy Sachin Pilot referred to the political crisis when some Congress MLAs under Pilot's leadership revolted and tried to topple his government.
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"Former 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 said.
Slamming rivals within the party, CM Gehlot said he had requested the MLAs, who revolted to return the money they had taken from the BJP so that they could perform without any pressure. "Amit Shah, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Gajendra Shekhawat conspired together and distributed the money inside the Rajasthan government. I advised our MLAs (who revolted) that even if some of the money taken has been spent by them, they should inform us. I will give you money and tell AICC, but don't take BJP's money. If you will keep their money, they will scare you later, threaten you... They took away 25 MLAs. Amit Shah plays a very dangerous game, give his money back," Gehlot said while exposing the BJP's game plan of toppling his government.
