Congress sacks Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan Deputy CM, PCC Chief; Two other Ministers fired

Jaipur, July 14: In a major development, Sachin Pilot has been sacked as Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Rajasthan PCC Chief, announced Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Tuesday. Along with Pilot, two other Rajasthan ministers who stood against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and supported Pilot have also been removed.

 

 

"Sachin Pilot, Vishvendra Singh, and Ramesh Meena have been removed from the posts of deputy chief minister and ministerial posts respectively. Sachin Pilot has also been removed as the Rajasthan PCC Chief," Surjewala said during a press conference.

 

Reacting to his sacking, Pilot tweeted, "The truth can be troubled, but not defeated".

 

 

Surjewala also accused the BJP for laying a trap among the Congress leaders. "I am sad that Sachin Pilot and some of his colleagues have fallen for a trap laid by the BJP...This is unacceptable,” he said.

 

On the other hand, Congress leader who is also Rajasthan education minister Govind Singh Dotasra has been appointed as the new president of the Rajasthan Congress. Dotasra is also a Minister of State in CM G

Gehlot's cabinet whereas young MLA Ganesh Gogra has been appointed as the new president of Youth Congress.

 

Minutes after Pilot was sacked, CM Gehlot reached Raj Bhavan to make a formal request to the governor to remove Pilot and the other two ministers from his cabinet. Governor Kalraj Mishra has accepted Gehlot’s recommendation.