Pilot is a ‘traitor’, can’t be made Raj CM: Gehlot

The MLAs will never accept someone who has revolted and has been dubbed as a gaddar. How can he (Pilot) become CM? How can the MLAs accept such a person as the chief minister... ASHOK GEHLOT,

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot called Sachin Pilot a “traitor” on Thursday and said he cannot replace him as the former had revolted against the Congress in 2020 and tried to topple the government.

The remarks have further widened the fissures in the Congress party in Rajasthan, where Assembly polls are slated next year. The Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, is also set to enter the desert state.

Pilot, who walked alongside Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the march in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, did not react to Gehlot’s remarks. in an interview to news channel NDTV, Gehlot also alleged that Union home minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah was involved in Pilot’s rebellion, when some Congress

MLAs loyal to him were holed up in a Gurugram resort for more than a month and the BJP paid Rs 10 crore to each of those legislators, including Pilot. Gehlot leader also said the Congress can replace him with any of its MLAs in Rajasthan except Pilot if the top leadership feels that the prospects of the party would improve in next year’s polls.

“The MLAs will never accept someone who has revolted and has been dubbed as a gaddar. How can he become the chief minister? How can the MLAs accept such a person as the chief minister? I have proof that Rs 10 crore each were distributed to the MLAs holed up in a Gurugram resort for toppling the Congress in Rajasthan,” Gehlot said.