In a rare show of support to his intra-party rival Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday condemned the Enforcement Directorate's summons to the former's son, Vaibhav Gehlot. He said the BJP cannot scare Congress leaders with such tactics and that all the leaders and workers of the party in Rajasthan were "standing together in solidarity".
"I strongly condemn the ED raid on Rajasthan Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara. ED summons has also been given to Vaibhav Gehlot, son of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. BJP cannot scare Congress leaders with such tactics. All the leaders and workers of the state Congress are standing together in solidarity," he wrote on X.
He said such actions display BJP's nervousness over the Rajasthan assembly elections.
"BJP's nervousness is clearly visible due to such action, because the public has made up its mind to bring Congress government back in Rajasthan in the upcoming elections," he added.
This comes days after Ashok Gehlot recalled the failed "attempt to topple his government in 2020", ostensibly led by Pilot.
"They tried to topple my government this time but they failed. They thought that they would succeed here as well, but they had no idea who they were dealing with” Gehlot said.
