Sachin Pilot Ends 5-Day 'Yatra' WIth A 15-Day Ultimatum For Ashok Gehlot

Sachin Pilot, at the culmination of his five-day 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra', threatened to scale up agitation against his own party's government in the state if it fails to act on his demands.

Senior Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot has thrown another spanner in the works for his party, which is already struggling to soothe nerves in a tumultuous internal rivalry over the Chief Ministerial pick for Karnataka, with a 15-day 'ultimatum'. The former deputy chief minister, at the culmination of his five-day 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra', threatened to scale up agitation against his own party's government in the state if it fails to act against alleged corruption in the earlier BJP government led by Vasundhara Raje in 15 days.

Mr Pilot has also demanded that the state pay compensation to those who took exams, but the papers were leaked. He has also demanded disbanding of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, which he called the source of paper leaks.

Sachin Pilot, seen by party loyalists as a loose canon, had yesterday said he and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have to fight "unitedly" against corruption, however, Mr Gehlot did not take steps in this regard.

"We are getting people's support because our issues are essential. The chief minister is the face of the state, and CM Ashok Gehlot and I will have to unitedly fight against cases of corruption. But the Chief Minister has not taken any action I have been writing letters for a long time to take action against issues of corruption," Mr Pilot told news agency ANI on the fourth day of his Ajmer to Jaipur yatra.