Ashok Gehlot’s Big Attack On Sachin Pilot, Said – He Is ‘Nikamma, Nakara’ And a Cheater!

Propelling into his previous deputy for the second time in three days – this time short the proposal of an agreeable “embrace” – Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot on Monday called Sachin Pilot a “nikkama-nakara (inactive and useless)”

Who might go down in Congress history as the first PCC president to be supposedly associated with overturning his administration in collaboration with the resistance?

Gehlot asserted that some Mumbai-based corporate houses were financing Pilot’s fight in court against the eviction notice served on him by the Speaker. He allows a connection to them since the time he was Union pastor of corporate undertakings in the new UPA government.

“Harish Salve, who speaks to him in the high court, is a direction for corporate houses,” the CM told journalists. 

“The expenses Salve and (legal advisor) Mukul Rohatgi charge would be Rs 40-50 lakh a consultation. Where is this cash coming from? Is Pilot paying? No, the corporate houses are spending to satisfy PM Narendra Modi by bringing down the state government.” 

Gehlot said the similar corporate houses had  “supported” Pilot when he “longed for turning into the AICC president.” He wasn’t involved.

The no-holds-barred attack on Pilot came amid reports that a section of Congress was trying to get the sacked deputy CM back down from the revolt that has triggered allegations of horse-trading and phone tapping, inquiries by the Special Operations Group and Anti-Corruption Bureau, and a court case. 

But party sources said Gehlot was determined to take his running feud with Pilot to a logical conclusion. “Nobody used to believe me when I said a conspiracy was going on to topple the state government. None suspected this man (Pilot Could An do such a thing,” the CM said. “With an innocent face and good command over Hindi-English, mesmerized the media across the country that thinks he worked hard and brought Congress to power in Rajasthan.

 People here know the truth about how much he contributed. We knew nothing was happening (in organizational to activate workers). He was pitting people against each other. But we never questioned him.” 

Referring to Pilot’s remark that he had “come here to be the CM and not sell baingan (brinjals),” Gehlot said, “We spent seven years with the coarse, rough language he used but never said anything (in reply) because it is against Rajasthan’s culture.