Sachin Pilot Reaches Delhi Day After Fast Against Gehlot Govt Demanding Action Over Graft

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot reached Delhi on Wednesday a day after he sat on fast against his own party-led government demanding action over graft by the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in the state. It was being speculated that Pilot might meet Rajasthan Congress chief Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and other senior leaders, but a PTI report citing sources said no meeting was fixed.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, Pilot sat on a day-long fast at Jaipur&rsquo;s Shaheed Smarak against the Gehlot government demanding action against allegations of corruption by the previous state government.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking to reporters, Pilot said, &ldquo;The allegations of corruption are not new, they are already in the public domain.&rdquo; He said he &ldquo;wrote twice&rdquo; demanding action but there was no response. &ldquo;So action should be taken so that people don't think that there is a difference between what we promise and what we do,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title="PM Modi To Flag Off Rajasthan's First Vande Bharat Train Today, Will Connect Ajmer To Delhi" href="https://ift.tt/0Lv6Sxc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PM Modi To Flag Off Rajasthan's First Vande Bharat Train Today, Will Connect Ajmer To Delhi</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Defying the Congress central leadership's warning that the move would be considered "anti-party", Pilot went ahead with his fast from 11 am to 4 pm.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While leaving the venue after his fast, the former deputy chief minister said that he wrote two letters on this issue to Gehlot last year but received no reply.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"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 said.</span></p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title="MSC Bank Scam Case: Company Linked To NCP&rsquo;s Ajit Pawar Named In ED Chargesheet" href="https://ift.tt/7CtBwVb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MSC Bank Scam Case: Company Linked To NCP&rsquo;s Ajit Pawar Named In ED Chargesheet</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He also told reporters that Rahul Gandhi, the Congress and other opposition parties have united over corruption and financial irregularities, and claimed that his fast will speed up this movement.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The rift between Gehlot and Pilot once again came to the fore with this fast ahead of the assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year. Pilot&rsquo;s Sunday announcement to go on a fast against the Gehlot government came after the CM had denied having any differences with Pilot and saying that both the leaders will contest the polls together.&nbsp;</span></p>

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