JAIPUR: Former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot asserted on Wednesday he wouldn’t back down on his twin demands for an inquiry into alleged corruption when BJP was in office from 2013 to 2018 with Vasundhara Raje as CM as well as justice for the youth affected by question paper leaks in government recruitment exams.
This was his first reaction after the Congress high command claimed to have brokered a truce between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Pilot on May 29 in Delhi.
“I assured the youth on a public platform… Congress has always been against corruption and in the interest of the youth. So, an inquiry into corruption charges during the BJP government and justice to the youngsters is essential and could not be compromised,” the Congress MLA said in Tonk, his assembly constituency.
Pilot had placed his demands before the Gehlot government on May 15, with the caveat that he would launch a state-wide agitation if these were not met by May 31. Before that, he held a daylong protest “fast” in Jaipur on April 10 and took out a Jan Sangharsh Padayatra from Ajmer to Jaipur, which ended May 15. He reaffirmed his demands in Tonk as the deadline he had set ended Wednesday.
This was his first reaction after the Congress high command claimed to have brokered a truce between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Pilot on May 29 in Delhi.
“I assured the youth on a public platform… Congress has always been against corruption and in the interest of the youth. So, an inquiry into corruption charges during the BJP government and justice to the youngsters is essential and could not be compromised,” the Congress MLA said in Tonk, his assembly constituency.
Pilot had placed his demands before the Gehlot government on May 15, with the caveat that he would launch a state-wide agitation if these were not met by May 31. Before that, he held a daylong protest “fast” in Jaipur on April 10 and took out a Jan Sangharsh Padayatra from Ajmer to Jaipur, which ended May 15. He reaffirmed his demands in Tonk as the deadline he had set ended Wednesday.