Aap Ki Adalat: Sachin Pilot has mentioned that the Congress get together fought Rajasthan Assembly election unitedly however sadly they could not persuade the general public. Congress misplaced the facility to BJP in Rajasthan polls which concluded in December final yr. The BJP received with a thumping majority by successful 114 seats whereas the grand outdated get together received 70.
Sachin Pilot, who appeared in India TV’s present Aap Ki Adalat, was requested by Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, “Did Congress lose elections because of Ashok Gehlot and his quarrels?”
Responding to Rajat Sharma, Sachin Pilot mentioned, “We lost elections in three states and I am very much sad that we lost in MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. In Rajasthan we had 200 seats and this time we won 70 seats. As far as the charge that the party lost because of me is concerned, let me explain. In 2013 our party won only 21 seats in. Was I responsible for that? It is very easy to make allegations. If we had won the election this time, what would they have said?… This time, all of us worked hard, but you know for the last 30 years, there is this five years for BJP, five years for Congress pattern. We said this time we will break this pattern. I accept there were some issues. All of us sat together, Kharge, Rahul Ji, me and others. Unfortunately, we could not convince the public.”
Congress’ vote proportion did not go down in Rajasthan, says Sachin Pilot
Further talking on Rajasthan election outcomes, Sachin Pilot mentioned, “But let me tell you, our vote percentage did not go down. We got nearly 40 per cent vote which was 1.5 per cent less compared to BJP. It’s not that we were washed out in the elections. Our morale is low, but wins and defeats take place… Even after BJP formed the government, we won the byelection (Karanpur) in which the BJP minister (Surendra Pal Singh) was defeated by the Congress candidate (Rupinder Singh Koonar) by nearly 12,000 votes.”
“Within three weeks of the state assembly elections, the public defeated the BJP candidate who was already made the minister. All of us went there to campaign,” he mentioned.
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