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Rajasthan MLA Sachin Pilot seems to be moving ahead with his plan to hold a day-long fast on Tuesday despite the Congress warning him that it would amount to anti-party activity.

The move by Pilot to open a new front against Gehlot amid the factional fighting is seen as an attempt to pressure the party high command to resolve the leadership issue ahead of the year-end polls.

Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday began his daylong fast over inaction by Ashok Gehlot-led government in the alleged cases of corruption during the BJP rule in the state.

Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday began his daylong fast over inaction by Ashok Gehlot-led government in the alleged cases of corruption during the BJP rule in the state.

Dressed in white, Pilot reached the "Shaheed Smarak Sthal" and sat for the day-long protest, with Mahatma Gandhi as his backdrop. He was joined by his supporters, who sat surrounding him

Stir against corruption ostensibly against former BJP government of Rajasthan, but Congress sees it as a move to embarrass ruling dispensation headed by Ashok Gehlot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot will go ahead with his daylong fast on Tuesday to press for his demand for action against corruption during the previous BJP rule in Rajasthan, with sources close to him saying his fight is against graft under the Vasundhara Raje regime and not targeted at anyone else.

Despite a warning issued to him by the Congress, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot sat on a daylong fast at the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur on Tuesday, demanding action in cases of alleged corruption related to the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state led by Vasundhara Raje.

"Despite my letters to CM, our Cong govt did not take any action on Raje's corruption cases" Pilot had told a presser.

Pilot was speaking to reporters after ending the fast at the Shaheed Smarak here. He sat on the fast from 11 am to 4 pm.