Farmers Movement Archive

Rajasthan: People are tired of BJP, says Sachin Pilot after Congress bypoll win

JAIPUR/JODHPUR: Former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said the public had given its mandate against the ruling BJP government at the Centre during recent bypolls, which made it clear that people want a change now after getting tormented by the BJP government. Speaking to reporters media in Ajmer, Pilot said, “The three farm laws, increasing price of petrol and diesel, unavailability of fertilisers and rising inflation have affected the masses and left people anguished.” He claimed that votes had been cast against the central government for destroying the system built over years. Voters exercised their franchise against the BJP in Himachal Pradesh too. He said the BJP does not even look like an opposition party in Rajasthan as deposits of their candidates have been forfeited leaving them in third and fourth positions. The Congress has been on a winning track in the bypolls in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, which shows people are looking for a change now, he added. Pilot, who was in Jodhpur on Wednesday to express condolences at former minister and religious head of Madhav Singh Diwan’s residence in Bilara on the demise of his son and former secretary of Rajastha Youth Congress Mohabbat Singh Nimbole in Jaitaran in Pali district while talking to media said the BJP was not capable to ruling even when it was in power and the recent results, first in HP and now in Rajasthan was a clear indication that only Congress was a hope for the people. “Today Congress has been steadily growing under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and people, who are frustrated by the autocratic rule of the BJP, have been looking up to Congress for change,” Pilot said.

The Times of India

2021-11-04

Jaipur