A big corona also entered our party: Ashok Gehlot goes at Pilot

Jaipur: The congress leader and chief Minister of Rajastan Ashok Gehlot is believed to have likened his fellow party leader Sanchin Pilot to “big corona”.

A video surfaced online showing the chief minister taking the dig at Pilot suggests the deeper rift taking place in the party.

The video is of a pre-budget meeting attended by Gehlot along with the representatives of employees' union on Wednesday.

Responding to one of the participants during the meeting, Gehlot without naming anyone said, "I have started meeting...earlier corona came...a big corona also entered our party."

He said that despite byelections or Rajya Sabha polls, the government has brought excellent schemes with the support of employees.

The comment by Gehlot is being seen as a counter to Pilot's repeated attack on his government.

In his daily public meetings since Monday in different districts, Pilot has been targeting the state government over the issues of paper leaks, sidelining party workers and political appointments to retired bureaucrats.

Gehlot and Pilot have been in a power tussle ever since the Congress formed the government in December 2018.

PTI with superficial editing by our desk