Rajasthan Congress leader and former deputy CM Sachin Pilot on Friday rubbished talks of him joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There are reports doing rounds that Pilot is being sidelined by CM Ashok Gehlot and that he has raised the matter with the Congress high command. Pilot is likely to
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Friday refuted claims made by BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi that she had spoken to him about joining the saffron camp. Rita Bahuguna Joshi claimed that she had spoken to Sachin. She might have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar. She does not have the courage to speak to me, Pilot told reporters during a protest organised by the Congress in Jaipur against fuel price hike. Joshi told a TV channel that she had spoken to Pilot about joining the BJP. Pilot s statement came amid reports of his discontentment with the Congress leadership. The Congress leader had openly revolted against the leadership of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July last year, and after a month-long political crisis, the party high command assured him of resolving the issues raised by him and formed a committee.
A day after a group of Congress MLAs met Sachin Pilot, another party legislator on Friday expressed support for the dissident leader as trouble brewed again in Rajasthan s ruling party.