JAIPUR: Congress government in Rajasthan survived a rebellion in 2020 because 102 MLAs reposed faith in the ‘strong leadership’ of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, so no one else should wrongly claim credit for it, said minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Tuesday. His remarks came amid fresh slugfest between chief minister Ashok Gehlot and former deputy CM Sachin Pilot over the 2020 crisis, when Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs revolted against Gehlot.
Responding to a question on the matter, Khachariyawas told reporters here, “No one should live under the illusion that the Congress government was saved because of him. The government was saved because 102 MLAs had faith in the Congress high command and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The government could not have survived without Sonia and Rahul Gandhi…and their messengers K C Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala and Ajay Maken.”
CM Gehlot on Sunday had said that his government survived the 2020 political crisis because two BJP leaders-former CM Vasundhara Raje and former assembly speaker Kailash Meghwal-did not support the conspiracy to topple the government through money. Pilot hit back at Gehlot on Tuesday, saying his speech in Dholpur reflects that his leader is Vasundhara Raje and not Sonia Gandhi.
Responding to a question on the matter, Khachariyawas told reporters here, “No one should live under the illusion that the Congress government was saved because of him. The government was saved because 102 MLAs had faith in the Congress high command and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The government could not have survived without Sonia and Rahul Gandhi…and their messengers K C Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala and Ajay Maken.”
CM Gehlot on Sunday had said that his government survived the 2020 political crisis because two BJP leaders-former CM Vasundhara Raje and former assembly speaker Kailash Meghwal-did not support the conspiracy to topple the government through money. Pilot hit back at Gehlot on Tuesday, saying his speech in Dholpur reflects that his leader is Vasundhara Raje and not Sonia Gandhi.