Jaipur: In an obvious assault on the Ashok Gehlot-led authorities in Rajasthan over the protest by the widows of troopers killed within the 2019 Pulwama terror assault, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot Friday stated the difficulty needs to be heard out holding ego apart. Rajasthan police early on Friday morning eliminated the widows from the protest website exterior Congress chief Sachin Pilot’s home right here and shifted them to hospitals close to their respective residential areas.
The widows have been protesting since February 28 and launched an indefinite starvation strike six days in the past, demanding a change in guidelines in order that their kinfolk and never simply kids can get authorities jobs on compassionate grounds. Their different calls for embody the development of roads and the set up of statues of the martyrs of their villages.
Reacting to the police motion, Pilot advised reporters in Tonk that the problems of the widows needs to be heard with sensitivity. “Even today I believe that we can fulfil demands like laying roads, erecting houses and installing statues. A message should not go out that we are not ready to listen to the demands of the widows of the martyrs. It is another thing whether we agree to their issues or not but one should put aside his ego while listening to their demands,” the Congress chief stated.
Pilot stated the sacrifice of jawans for the nation is incomparable and it’s the obligation of each authorities and particular person to honour them. If there may be any demand apart from the package deal given to the martyrs by the state and the Centre, then these ought to have been heard with sensitivity to resolve them, the previous deputy chief minister stated.
Gehlot and Pilot have been at loggerheads publicly for greater than two years. In 2020, Pilot had led a rebel within the social gathering for a change of management within the state. However, Gehlot managed to outlive and Pilot and a few of his loyalists have been later ousted from the state cupboard.
Their battle has simmered since, with each the senior Congress leaders utilizing sharp phrases towards one another publicly, together with when Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra had entered the state in December final 12 months.
