Claiming that the ruling Congress in Rajasthan had thrown out Gujjar leader Sachin Pilot “like a fly in the milk”, just like the treatment meted out to his late father Rajesh Pilot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this was a clear signal that the party was insulting the Gujjar community. “They had insulted Gujjars in the past and they are doing it even now,” Mr. Modi said.
He raked up the issue of Mr. Pilot being removed as Deputy Chief Minister in 2020 once again at a public meeting in Rajsamand’s Deogarh on the last day of the campaign for the November 25 Assembly election. He had previously accused the Congress of victimising Mr. Pilot due to rancour about his father’s challenge to the party leadership, during a rally in Bhilwara district on Wednesday.
