According to lokesh Sharma, Gehlot’s office on Special Duty, the loss of rajasthan was easily preventable. “Based on my surveys, I had told the cm that he needed to change the sitting MLAs and also pay heed to the paper leak issue mentioned by Sachin. Their infighting took a toll on the party in an election we could have won,” he told.
He went on to make more serious allegations, including the claim that Sachin Pilot’s communication and movement were being monitored. Asked whether Pilot’s phone was tapped and his movements followed as alleged by the congress leader’s supporters, Sharma said: “It’s common knowledge for sure that where he was going, who he was meeting, who he was speaking to was kept track of.”
Pilot is now bound to raise the issue at the congress Legislature party meeting. He has already said he would speak freely at the meeting. “What lokesh Sharma has said must be taken cognizance of and deliberated on,” he said.
Lokesh Sharma, who was denied a ticket to contest the rajasthan Assembly polls, accused Gehlot of cheating the party high command, not allowing correct feedback to reach the top. The OSD said that he had expressed the desire to contest the elections from bikaner and then from Bhilwara, the seat where the congress was losing for 20 years, but Gehlot “refused to experiment”.
It’ not clear what the congress can offer sachin pilot now. The leader has firmly expressed he will not leave Rajasthan. Like 2019, Pilot would happy to head the Congress’s charge in the state in 2024 lok sabha elections. But this time, he would not accept not getting the big chair.
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