Amid reports suggesting that the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot Sachin Pilot’s is not happy with the Congress Leadership, BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Friday said that she had spoken to him about joining the saffron camp.
During a protest organised by the Congress in Jaipur against fuel price hike, Pilot said, "Rita Bahuguna Joshi claimed that she had spoken to Sachin. She might have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar. She does not have the courage to speak to me,"
The Congress leader had openly revolted against the leadership of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in July last year, and after a month-long political crisis, the party high command assured him of resolving the issues raised by him and formed a committee.
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The Pilot camp, however, says that the issues are unresolved and nothing was done by the committee.
In the protest outside a petrol pump in the Sanganer area, Pilot targeted the central government over inflation and hike in fuel prices.
"Economic slowdown, inflation and unemployment have hit the country hard during the coronavirus pandemic. People have lost jobs and labourers are not getting wages," he said.
"It is very sad that lakhs of people died, dead bodies were thrown in rivers and every family struggled with the coronavirus, and in such a situation, the government is not taking any step to control inflation and instead, increasing fuel prices," Pilot added.
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He said the prime minister had to roll back his decision on vaccination and announce free inoculation for all under pressure from the Congress.
The Congress and other opposition parties will be successful in mounting pressure on the Centre over inflation and fuel price hikes, Pilot said.
Earlier, the Congress leader reached Dausa's Bhandana village to pay tributes to his father and former Union minister Rajesh Pilot on his death anniversary.
Local leaders of the party were there with him in Dausa.
Gehlot and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra paid tributes to Rajesh Pilot on Twitter.
With PTI inputs
