Sachin Pilot Skips Congress' One-To-One MLA Meetings Ahead Of Rajasthan Polls

Ahead of elections, Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot skipped the party’s one-to-one meetings with MLAs, the report said.

Pilot is at loggerheads with his party colleague and state CM Ashok Gehlot.

According to the report in NDTV, Pilot is on a public outreach programme.

It said Gehlot along with other party leaders are holding one-to-one meetings with MLAs.

Pilot's Assembly seat, Tonk, was also scheduled for a one-on-one meeting on Monday, however he is on outreach program. 

The report quoting sources said Pilot’s program was planned before the party scheduled the meetings.

However, inferences are being drawn as Sachin Pilot just a week ago stepped up his attack on his own government's "inaction" over alleged corruption during the earlier Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government.

The report also said Pilot will not appear for discussions today in the one-to-one with Congress MLAs.

It mentioned Congress wants to focus on Ashok Gehlot's social welfare schemes as they go into the next election, due in a few months.

It stated MLAs have been told to make welfare measures their only agenda, and not pay attention to "media noise”.

“They have also been told to increase their social media engagement, not just by getting more followers, but the number of posts as well,” it said.

Pilot's first stop was the Parmanand Dham in Shahpura, Jaipur, where he attended a religious function and addressed crowds, it said.

"It has been a week, but there has been no action on my demands against corruption," the report Pilot as having said..

"I will continue my initiative against corruption, with respect. I oppose it politically, but with respect. I am careful about what I say," it mentioned Pilot as having said.

"I am not part of the government. If we can change laws for big people, we can have sympathy for soldiers' families. We should relax rules and give them appropriate jobs,” the report quoted Pilot as having said.