Rajasthan cabinet minister Ashok Chandana lashed out at Sachin Pilot after throwing his shoes on the stage during an event. Ashok Chandana took a jibe at the former state Congress president, saying that if he can become the chief minister by throwing away his shoes, “he should do so”.
Ashok Chandana also had a war of words with Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Rajendra Rathore, who was present on the dais along with him and other Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.
The incident took place on Monday at a public meeting organized before the ashes of Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla were immersed in the Pushkar Lake.
Both Sachin Pilot and Ashok Chandana belong to the Gujjar community. Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot was not present in this public meeting.
Industry Minister Shakuntala Rawat, Sports Minister Chandana and other Congress leaders, who were reportedly angry over former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot not being invited to the event, started hooting in the crowd as soon as Congress leaders came on the stage.
Some of them allegedly threw shoes towards the stage. However, the shoes did not contact anyone as he fell off the platform. The police had to be called to control the situation.
Chandana took to Twitter to express her displeasure over the incident. He tweeted, “A wonderful sight was witnessed when the then cabinet member Rajendra Rathore, who ordered the killing of 72 people, was applauded on stage and shoes were thrown at his family members who went to jail for the agitation.” Evening.
A few hours later, he made another tweet challenging Sachin Pilot. “If Sachin Pilot becomes the chief minister by throwing a shoe at me, he should hurry because today I don’t feel like fighting. The day I come to fight, only one will be left and I don’t want that,” he said.
There has been no response from Sachin Pilot on this controversy so far.
Referring to her, Rathore hit back at Chandana’s tweet. He said that before accusing others, introspect and see why the situation has arisen. Rathore tweeted, “If you take the ripe crop of others to your field, the result will be like this. Now look ahead and see what happens.”
The war of words did not stop here as Chandana replied, “Were you not a minister in the ‘Golikand’ government of 2007? Your experience and age is more than me, so I will not comment. Everyone has seen who will harvest tomorrow.” Came. Harvest.”
Kirori Singh Bainsla’s son Vijay Bainsla, trying to clarify the matter, said that Pilot was invited for the mass meeting but did not turn up. “He must have been busy somewhere else.”
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday wrote a letter paying tribute to Kirori Singh Bainsla. Pilot tweeted in the evening to pay tribute to Bainsla on his birth anniversary and bone immersion.
(with inputs from wire agencies)
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