JAIPUR: Shortly after being removed as Rajasthan deputy chief minister and state Congress chief, Sachin Pilot changed his Twitter biography on Tuesday and tweeted that “truth cannot be defeated.’’ Sachin’s Twitter bio mentioned him as MLA from Tonk and former Minister of IT, Telecom & Corporate Affairs, GoI and Commissioned Officer in Territorial Army.
In a direct fallout of the Congress` political crisis over the leadership issue in Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot was on Tuesday divested of both the posts of Deputy Chief Minister and the PCC President.
In his first tweet after his ouster as Rajasthan DyCM and state Congress unit chief, Sachin tweeted that ”truth can’t be defeated.”
Two other Pilot-loyalist Ministers – Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena – were also removed from the council of ministers. State Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara was appointed the new Pradesh Congress Committee chief.
After sacking Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, two other ministers, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Governor Kalraj Mishra and submitted the proposal to remove Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM, and Vishvender Singh and Ramesh Meena as ministers. Gehlot said that “the party High command was compelled to take the decision because since a long time BJP was conspiring and resorting to horse-trading.”
The Rajasthan CM further said “I have not complained against them, the party was forced to remove them because their attitude was not good for the past six months,” adding “We knew it was a big conspiracy, and now some of our friends went astray because of it and went to Delhi.”
Congress leaders had called two meetings on Monday and Tuesday and appealed to Pilot to attend these in order to pacify him. However, as he remained absent, disciplinary action was taken against him.
On Sunday, Pilot had announced that the Ashok Gehlot government in the state was in a minority since 30 MLAs were supporting him. On the other hand, the Chief Minister claimed he had the requisite numbers to head the state government and has left for the Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Kalraj Mishra.
He said that for the last 72 hours, under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leaders tried continuously to contact Pilot and other Ministers and MLAs in his camp. “The Congress leadership tried to talk to Sachin Pilot many times. Congress leader KC Venugopal also spoke to him several times, but he did not turn up for the meeting.”
Meanwhile, a high alert was issued in Gujjar-dominated areas of the desert state to avert any untoward happening. Pilot has strong support in the Gujjar belt in Rajasthan.
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