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The Congress party on Tuesday, 14 July, announced that the party has removed Sachin Pilot from the post of deputy chief minister of Rajasthan. Pilot was also removed from the position of Rajasthan Congress Chief and replaced by Govind Singh Dostara.
Soon after the news of his sacking emerged, Sachin Pilot took to Twitter to say that “truth can be disturbed but not defeated”.
Meanwhile, his sacking has drawn strong comments from various political parties including the BJP.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, whose conflicts with Pilot have been all over the news, said that while no one was happy with the decisions, Pilot had it coming for hobnobbing with the BJP.
According to ANI, Ashok Gehlot told the press:
Gehlot also went on to say that what played out was not in Pilot’s hands.
The chief minister reportedly also said that the high command had been compelled to take that decision as “since a long time BJP was conspiring and resorting to horse-trading. We knew it was a big conspiracy”.
Rajasthan’s BJP President said that no power in the world can save the Congress government and that their priority is that it loses power.
BJP’s national vice-president Uma Bharti went on to say that Pilot must have been humiliated.
BJP MP Subramaniam Swamy wondered aloud how Sachin Pilot continued to survive in Congress for so many years.
Former national spokesperson for the Congress party Sanjhay Jha, too, took to Twitter to express his views on the decision.
Congress’ Salman Nizami said that he is said to see Pilot go.
BJP’s Baijayant Jay Panda seemingly made a pun at the expense of Pilot’s name and said that, “Every flight plan includes an alternate airport or airstrip to divert to.”
Youth Congress, on the other hand, said that Pilot has compromised on his principles.
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Published: 14 Jul 2020,04:32 PM IST