New Delhi: With all eyes on the Congress’ subsequent step in Rajasthan after Sachin Pilot’s quick in Jaipur, AICC in-charge of state Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Wednesday mentioned he agrees with the problem of corruption taken up by Pilot however the method through which it was raised was not proper. Referring to previous cases of indiscipline within the get together’s state unit, Randhawa mentioned the motion was not taken many instances earlier as properly when it ought to have been accomplished however this time “action will be taken”. He, nonetheless, didn’t specify what sort of motion could be taken on the matter.
Randhawa additionally mentioned he would research the chain of occasions associated to Pilot’s quick in addition to his remarks after which submit a report on it.
Earlier within the day, Randhawa met get together chief Mallikarjun Kharge and briefed him about Pilot’s quick and the present scenario within the state. Randhawa met Kharge for about half an hour at his 1 Rajaji Marg residence right here, sources mentioned.
Defying the get together’s warning, Pilot had noticed a quick in Jaipur on Tuesday demanding motion from the Ashok Gehlot authorities in circumstances of alleged corruption beneath the earlier Vasundhara Raje-led BJP authorities in Rajasthan.
Speaking to reporters on the AICC headquarters right here, Randhawa mentioned, “I agree with the problem of corruption raised by Sachin Pilot however the method through which he raised it’s not proper.
“He should have raised it during the Assembly session and spoken on the governor’s address that ‘what are you doing about the cases’. That would have been a great platform to raise the issue, people would have got to know that Sachin Pilot is raising the matter, and CM would have to respond to it.”
“If he had not raised it there, he could have raised it with me as I meet him more often than I meet the CM due to my relations with this family since 1986. He should have said ‘why arrests have not been made in the scam involving Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, arrest him, and also probe the case under Vasundhara Raje’. The things that he (Pilot) said in his press conference, I did not feel it is pro-party,” Randhawa mentioned.
The AICC in-charge of the state mentioned he’ll do an evaluation of the sequence of occasions of not simply now however from earlier than.
“I will see where we are standing, where mistakes were made from our side or from his side and will submit a full report,” he mentioned.
Asked why motion was not taken in opposition to Gehlot loyalists who had defied the get together’s name for a legislature get together assembly, Randhawa mentioned he would have responded if he would have been there.
“Action should have been taken in the past many times, however, it was not done but now action will be taken,” Randhawa mentioned.
Pilot additionally reached Delhi on Wednesday. There was hypothesis that he would possibly meet Randhawa and different senior leaders, however sources near Pilot mentioned no conferences had been scheduled.
Taking sturdy objection to the decision of enterprise a daylong quick by Pilot, Randhawa on Monday night had mentioned that any such protest in opposition to its sitting authorities would quantity to anti-party exercise.
The get together, nonetheless, maintained silence on Tuesday when Pilot noticed the quick.
As Pilot was leaving the location the place he held the quick in Jaipur on Tuesday, he informed reporters that Rahul Gandhi, the Congress and different opposition events have united over corruption and monetary irregularities, and claimed that his quick will velocity up this motion.
The former deputy chief minister additionally mentioned that he wrote two letters on this challenge to Gehlot final yr however obtained no reply.
“We had assured people that effective action will be taken against corruption by the former BJP government. I wanted the Congress government to take action but it has not happened in over four years,” Pilot mentioned.
“This struggle against corruption will continue,” he mentioned.
Both Gehlot and Pilot had been eager on the chief minister’s submit when the get together received the state in 2018. But the Congress excessive command picked Gehlot for the highest submit for a 3rd time.
In July 2020, Pilot and a bit of Congress MLAs rebelled overtly in opposition to Gehlot, demanding a change of management within the state. Pilot was stripped then of the posts of deputy chief minister and Pradesh Congress Committee president.
The month-long disaster ended after the Congress central management’s assurance to look into the problems Pilot raised.
Gehlot later used phrases like “gaddar” (traitor), “nakara” (failure) and “nikamma” (nugatory) for Pilot, and accused him of being concerned with BJP leaders in a conspiracy to topple the Congress authorities.
Last September, MLAs within the Gehlot camp boycotted a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) assembly and held a parallel one to stall what they felt was an try and make Pilot the brand new chief minister. Gehlot was then being thought-about for the get together president’s submit.
