INDOORE: Formerly Conference chairperson Rahul Gandhi for the first time to speak out about the bitter dispute between the chief minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilotcall both ‘party property’.
“I don’t want to get involved in who said what. Both of these leaders (Gehlot and Pilot) are properties of the Congress party. But I want to guarantee one thing – that it (the tug-of between the two sides) ) won’t have any effect on Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Rahul said at a press conference in Sanwer tehsil of Indore district on Monday, in response to a question about Ghelot called the Pilot a ‘traitor’.
Bharat Jodo Yatra, currently on the Madhya Pradesh stretch, is scheduled to arrive in Rajasthan on December 3. Last week, in an interview with NDTV, Gehlot referred to the Pilot as a ‘gaddar’ (traitor), causing his ex to react harshly. deputy, who said that such “mud-throwing” would not help. Gehlot also said that Pilot rebelled against Parliament in 2020 and alleged that he tried to overthrow his government in Rajasthan.
Rahul was asked about this episode at Indore press conference – his Saturday press meeting during the yatra. “This yatra aims to send a specific message across the country. I think of nothing but completing this yatra and listening to the people of India while I’m walking. That’s all for me. I don’t think about the National Assembly I don’t think about the election I don’t think about the election In my mind this is ‘tapasya’ (persistence) to stand up for the idea The idea of India is being attacked and destroyed,” Rahul said in response to a TOI question about whether he wanted any changes in the party’s organization.
When asked if the doors of Congress would still be open to party MLAs, who gave up to join the BJP and toppled the Kamal Nath government in March 2020, Rahul said: “This question should asked the president of the National Assembly and the party’s parliamentary leader. I can however, give my opinion that if these people are bribed with money they should not be trusted.” Regarding the congressional leader Jaya Thakur filing a petition to review the EWS reservation judgment in SC, Rahul said that his yatra had a clear purpose.
“I don’t want to get involved in who said what. Both of these leaders (Gehlot and Pilot) are properties of the Congress party. But I want to guarantee one thing – that it (the tug-of between the two sides) ) won’t have any effect on Bharat Jodo Yatra,” Rahul said at a press conference in Sanwer tehsil of Indore district on Monday, in response to a question about Ghelot called the Pilot a ‘traitor’.
Bharat Jodo Yatra, currently on the Madhya Pradesh stretch, is scheduled to arrive in Rajasthan on December 3. Last week, in an interview with NDTV, Gehlot referred to the Pilot as a ‘gaddar’ (traitor), causing his ex to react harshly. deputy, who said that such “mud-throwing” would not help. Gehlot also said that Pilot rebelled against Parliament in 2020 and alleged that he tried to overthrow his government in Rajasthan.
Rahul was asked about this episode at Indore press conference – his Saturday press meeting during the yatra. “This yatra aims to send a specific message across the country. I think of nothing but completing this yatra and listening to the people of India while I’m walking. That’s all for me. I don’t think about the National Assembly I don’t think about the election I don’t think about the election In my mind this is ‘tapasya’ (persistence) to stand up for the idea The idea of India is being attacked and destroyed,” Rahul said in response to a TOI question about whether he wanted any changes in the party’s organization.
When asked if the doors of Congress would still be open to party MLAs, who gave up to join the BJP and toppled the Kamal Nath government in March 2020, Rahul said: “This question should asked the president of the National Assembly and the party’s parliamentary leader. I can however, give my opinion that if these people are bribed with money they should not be trusted.” Regarding the congressional leader Jaya Thakur filing a petition to review the EWS reservation judgment in SC, Rahul said that his yatra had a clear purpose.
