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'Truth can be rattled, not defeated': Pilot after removal as Rajasthan deputy CM and PCC chief

The party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet
  • 'High command was compelled to take the decision (to sack Pilot) because since a long time BJP was conspiring and resorting to horse trading,' says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
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    File photo of Sachin Pilot (PTI)

    Truth can be rattled, not defeated, said Sachin Pilot on Twitter after Congress sacked him as Rajasthan deputy chief minister and the party's state unit chief.

    Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, the party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet.

    The decision was taken after a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan earlier on Tuesday.

    Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra immediately after the Congress Legislature Party meeting where the decision to remove the three ministers was taken.

    "High command was compelled to take the decision because since a long time BJP was conspiring and resorting to horse trading. We knew it was a big conspiracy; now some of our friends went astray because of it and went to Delhi," said Gehlot.

    "There is nothing in Sachin Pilot's hands, it is the BJP which is running the show. BJP has arranged that resort and they are managing everything. The same team which worked in Madhya Pradesh is at work here," Gehlot further said.

    Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara will be the new Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief.

    He said Sachin Pilot enjoyed the affection and blessings of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and was given political power at a young age. Yet, he and other ministers were trying to topple the state government as part of a BJP conspiracy, he added.

    "I regret that Sachin Pilot and some of his associates have been swayed by BJP's plot and are now conspiring to topple the Congress govt elected by 8 crore Rajasthanis. It is unacceptable," said Surjewala.

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    Published: 14 Jul 2020, 02:48 PM IST
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