Amid the ongoing political pandemonium in Rajasthan, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat on Tuesday took a jibe at Congress saying its efforts of reconciliation between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot would yield no result.
In this regard he took to Twitter and said, "Along with the Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti, a memorandum was given today in a meeting with Other Backward Classes Commission Chairman Bhanvru Khan, demanding to increase the reservation of OBC class from 21 to 27 per cent in Rajasthan on the lines
Congress leader and former Union minister Subhash Maharia on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh in Jaipur.
Issuing a stern warning to his own government led by Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday categorically stated that if his demands are not met by the "end of this month" then he will launch "andolan" (movement) to compel the state government to act.
Pilot had started his yatra on May 11 to protest against the inaction of the Rajasthan government in the alleged corruption cases during the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in the State.
Speaking to media persons, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said, "I accept that there are differences that need to be resolved at the earliest. It (the differences between Sachin Pilot and CM Gehlot) will be resolved firmly."
Talking to ANI during the yatra, he said, "It is May and a very hot summer but still people are coming out on the street because the issues I have raised are relevant. Issues of corruption and problems related to the future of our youths, affect us."
Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Khachariyawas said, "The whole problem started with the chief minister's statement. No other leader in the Congress had anything to do with it. The issues raised by Sachin Pilot are important and need to be addressed by the CM and Pradesh Congress Committee (
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted Congress over infighting in its Rajasthan unit and asked what "kind of government is it where the Chief Minister "does not trust his MLAs" and the legislators do not trust him
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made a veiled attack on Congress and said that "negative people do not have a far-sighted vision and they can't think beyond their political interests".