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He emphasized that no action was taken against corruption despite assurances, and the fast is to press for the demand for action.

I will observe a day-long fast at Shaheed Smarak on April 11

Ahead of assembly elections in Rajasthan, Congress' Sachin Pilot said he will observe a day-long fast over corruption in previous BJP govt

The development assumes significance in view of the state elections due later this year. At the same time, it also reflects further deterioration of already souring relations between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Pilot.

Tonk MLA says he twice wrote to Rajasthan CM last year seeking action in the cases but did not get any response, announces daylong dharna in Jaipur on April 11

No action was taken (by the Gehlot government) on corruption by the previous Vasundhara Raje government. While in opposition, we had promised that an inquiry would be conducted in the mines scam of Rs 45,000 crore, Pilot said at a press conference

This, Sachin Pilot apprehended might lead people to assume that there is a collusion between the two parties.

JAIPUR — Ahead of the assembly elections in Rajasthan, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday opened a new front against CM Ashok Gehlot, announcing a day-long fast to seek action from his government over alleged corruption during the BJP rule in the state. The development again brings into open the power tussle in the Congress between the Pilot and the Gehlot factions in the state, putting pressure on the central leadership to resolve it before the year-end polls. “No actio...

Pilot said he will observe a day-long fast on April 11, which is the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, who belonged to the Saini community,  the same community which Gehlot represents.

Gehlot, in a statement tweeted late at night on Tuesday, said the demands of giving a government job to the brother-in-law of a war widow and installing a third statue of martyr Hemraj are unfair.