For the last 25 years, the Congress has never been voted back to power in Rajasthan a second consecutive time. Senior leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot feels that if the party works as a team, it can retain the voters’ confidence in the 2023 Assembly election. Edited excerpts.
You visited the family of Kanhaiya Lal [the tailor who was killed in Udaipur for supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma] to express your solidarity but the people are very angry with what happened. There was a clear threat to him but the Rajasthan government seemed lax in providing security
Of course there is anger, anguish and horror. Such a barbaric and gruesome murder and then the making the video viral in the name of religious fundamentalism hasn’t happened before in Rajasthan and just cannot be tolerated. Even though the culprits have been nabbed within hours and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation, it must be ensured that swift and most severe punishment is awarded at the earliest. And more importantly we need to get to the bottom of it – who all were the people, organisations and entities behind influencing, planning and supporting this gruesome act. Whether or not there were lapses, will be revealed once the investigation is over.
