Jaipur: Upping the ante against the Ashok Gehlot government, dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday threatened to launch a movement in Rajasthan if action on his demands is not taken by the month-end.
Pilot, the former Deputy Chief Minister, said the public has accepted the issues on which he started his "Jan Sangharsh Yatra" -- corruption and government recruitment exam paper leaks. Sachin Pilot whose equation with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has reportedly hit a low ebb has come up with a slew of demands in a major cause of embarrassment for the state government. He demanded disbanding of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) and its reconstitution, compensation for those affected by government job exam paper leak cases, and a high-level probe into charges of corruption he has levelled against the previous BJP government.
"If action is not taken by this month-end on these three demands, an agitation will be launched across the state," the former deputy chief minister told a rally here. "I will serve people till my last breath, nothing scares me. If action is not taken by this month-end on these three demands, agitation will be launched across the state," the former deputy chief minister told a rally here.
"This is not about a person...the public is standing by the issues with which we started," he said. Pilot also saluted the enthusiasm of his supporters and invited people to his public rally to be organised on the fifth and last day of his yatra near Kamla Nehru Nagar on Ajmer highway in Jaipur.
The Congress leader started his yatra from Ajmer on the issues of corruption and government recruitment exam paper leaks. Pilot began the foot march from Ajmer on Thursday, challenging Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and the party's top brass as assembly elections in Rajasthan approach. The yatra mounts further pressure on the party leadership as it hopes to retain the state in the elections at the end of the year.
