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By India Today News Desk: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that his focus right now is on checking price rise rather than on former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, who is set to embark on a ‘Jan Sangharsh Yatra’ against issues of corruption and paper leaks in the state.
When asked about Sachin Pilot’s accusations against the Rajasthan government, the CM said, “Right now we are not concerned about what Sachin Pilot is doing. My concern is to decrease the inflation of Rajasthan.”
Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot have been at loggerheads for the chief minister’s chair and indulged often in open condemnation, throwing barbs and leveling insinuations at each other.
Sachin Pilot will begin his five-day long ‘Jan Sangharsh Padyatra’ from Ajmer district today (May 11). The yatra, in a way, brings to a head the longstanding ongoing political battle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy which has lasted for almost the entire current tenure of the Congress dispensation in Rajasthan.
In a press conference called at his official 11, Civil Lines residence in Jaipur, Pilot categorically stated that he believes BJP’s Vasundhara Raje, and not Sonia Gandhi, is Gehlot’s leader.
The statement came after Ashok Gehlot publicly claimed that Vasundhara Raje was one of the three BJP MLAs who helped save his government.
Pilot also sat on a symbolic fast on April 11. He has been considering his options, some of which can hurt the Congress’ chances in Rajasthan significantly if pursued decisively.
The ongoing tussle in Rajasthan between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot is one in which the party high command, at least for the time being, is finding it difficult to get too deeply involved.
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