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Gehlot-Pilot face-off: тАШShould maintain dignity in wordsтАЩ, senior Raj Congress leader

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Targeting Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot for using words such as тАШgaddarтАЩ (traitor) for senior state Congress leader Sachin Pilot, the partyтАЩs steering committee member Harish Choudhary on Friday urged that one must maintain тАЬdignityтАЭ in political discourse.

His reaction came a day after Gehlot levelled explosive allegations about PilotтАЩs тАШ2020 revoltтАЩ. тАЬA тАШgaddarтАЩ (traitor) cannot be the chief minister… The Congress high command cannot make Sachin Pilot the chief minister…a man who doesnтАЩt have 10 MLAs.тАЭ

Pilot refuted the claims, and called them baseless allegations.

тАЬNo matter who the person is or at what post they are, there should be some dignity in words… I donтАЩt have much experience, I am not a three-time CM, or a three-time union minister, or a three-time state party chief (a statement Gehlot repeatedly uses saying party has given him so much). I am 52 years old but havenтАЩt used any wrong word in any circumstance. What will we, or the future generation learn?тАЭ Choudhary said.

тАЬHe is the guardian of 102 MLAs, and he (guardian) should not be given any advice, rather one should take from himтАж,тАЭ Choudhary, who is an MLA from Baytu (Barmer), added.

State minister for sainik welfare Rajendra Gudha, who belongs to the тАШPilot campтАЩ, said that 80% of the MLAs in the ruling government are with Pilot. тАЬWe will take back our claim if Sachin Pilot donтАЩt have 80% MLAs.тАЭ

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тАЬThey may call him тАШnikamma, nakara, gaddarтАЩ. But there can be no better leader for the state than Pilot Sahab,тАЭ Gudha said.

The war of words comes amid the CongressтАЩ push for re-election in next yearтАЩs state elections.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has capitalised on this internal turmoil by taking potshots at the ruling party, saying that they may not have time to pay attention to the state affairs amid these rumblings.


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