Not seeking revenge but Ashok Gehlot...: Sachin Pilot amid widening rift with Rajasthan CM | Exclusive

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Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister and senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot, who has embarked on Jan Sangharsh Yatra from Ajmer to Jaipur on Thursday, said he is not seeking revenge from anyone..

Pilot, whose rift with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has widenened, said that Gehlot should break his silence whether he has been in collusion with former state CM Vasundhara Raje...

Defying the Congress diktat, which said Sachin Pilot's protest is against the partys interests and is anti-party activity, the Tonk MLA sat on a day-long dharna in Jaipur demanding action in corruption cases during Vasundhara Rajes tenures as the chief minister..

Launching an attack on Ashok Gehlot, Pilot had accused the chief minister of sitting on corruption cases under the previous Vasundhara Raje government...

On the issue of corruption, Pilot said Gehlot himself had leveled allegations against the then chief minister Vasundhara Raje while saying that crores of rupees were going to Raje monthly, but he did not take action on the allegations when the party formed the government...

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