'Not Here To Sell Vegetables, Knew He Was Worthless,' Says Gehlot In Fresh Attack on Sachin Pilot

Attacking Pilot, Gehlot said "You might have never heard in history that a party's state head is busy toppling his own government.."

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot with his former deputy Sachin Pilot. (Image: PTI)

Rajasthan Politics: As the power struggle in Rajasthan gets fiercer, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday launched a blistering attack at Sachin Pilot, the rebel Congress leader and his former deputy, in an unprecedented manner. While interacting with mediapersons, Gehlot resorted to name-calling and called Pilot as “nikamma and nakara”. Gehlot said that despite being treated with respect for seven years within the party, Sachin Pilot conspired to disintegrate the party. “There was no demand to replace state Cong chief in seven years even when we knew Sachin Pilot is worthless,” Gehlot said. Our MLAs are staying without any restrictions but they have held their's (MLAs) captive. They are calling us and crying over phone while explaining their ordeal. Their personal mobile phones have been snatched. Some of them want to join us, Ashok Gehlot said referring to the MLAs who have sided with Pilot. “He (Sachin Pilot) was conspiring from past six months with BJP's support. Nobody believed me when I used to say that conspiracy is going on to topple government,” Gehlot said attacking Pilot. Asserting his power Gehlot said, he wasn’t there to sell vegetables. “Nobody knew that a person with such innocent face will do such thing. I'm not here to sell vegetables, I am here to be the Chief Minister,” said Gehlot. "You might have never heard in history that a party's state head is busy toppling his own government," he said before ending his address saying 'Satyamev Jayate'. Union Minister served notice in Rajasthan horse-trading case As the battle goes on, the Special Operation Group (SOG) on Monday issued notice to Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the case of alleged horse-trading of MLAs in Rajasthan, after a purported audio clip having his voice surfaced, following the phone-tapping incident. A notice has been served to the minister through his personal secretary," confirmed Ashok Rathore, additional director-general of police (ADGP), SOG, Rajasthan. Shekhawat has denied the clip and said that the voice and diction in the tapes don't match with his tone. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot's camp had released three audio clips a few days ago with purported conversation recorded between Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma, an agent Sanjay Jain and Shekhawat. Also Watch: Gehlot's brutal attack on Pilot: Conspiracy is to make PM Modi happy, says CM | Full PC