The party had papered over their differences as Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through the state, but the truce appears to be temporary. Pilot’s supporters, including a minister, have pitched for his appointment as the chief minister.
Pilot has been targeting the Gehlot government over the paper leak incidents for the last two days and had demanded that the “big sharks” involved in the leaks should be arrested. Reacting to Pilot, Gehlot said action was taken against the main accused. Gehlot also refuted BJP leader Kirodi Meena and RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal’s allegations that officials and leaders were involved in the paper leaks.
Speaking at a rally, Pilot said accountability will have to be fixed when incidents of paper leaks are happening one after the other. He also targeted the Gehlot government over political appointments of retired bureaucrats, saying “party workers have toiled to bring the Congress to power in the state and they should get honour and respect.”
“In the last four years, several political appointments were made. The officers work for the party in power be it the BJP or Congress. If we have to appoint them (bureaucrats), the proportion should be such that the workers don’t feel sidelined,” he said as quoted by PTI.
“It does not matter whether the worker is my supporter or not… The worker can be anyone’s supporter, but if the worker of the Congress party is given an appointment, we all will welcome it,” he further said.
He called upon the party workers to spread the message of Rahul Gandhi to every household. Pilot exuded confidence that the party will retain power in the assembly elections after ten months.
