Sachin Pilot Sends Legal Notice To Congress MLA On Rs 35 Crore Bribery Allegation

Jaipur:

Sachin Pilot, whose open revolt in Rajasthan has left the Ashok Gehlot authorities close to collapse, served a authorized discover to Congress MLA Giriraj Singh Malinga on Tuesday over allegations that the sacked deputy chief minister supplied him cash to affix the BJP.

Sources near Mr Pilot confirmed the discover had been served – for false and malicious statements made by Mr Malinga to the press a day earlier.

On Monday Mr Malinga had advised reporters in Jaipur: “I had a discussion with Sachin Pilot. He spoke to me and said how much do you want. He told me Rs 35 crore”.

“This has been happening since December, it is nothing new. I told them I cannot do this,” he mentioned, including that he had spoken to Mr Pilot “two-three times”.

Mr Pilot, who’s contesting his disqualification from the Rajasthan Assembly within the High Court, dismissed the allegation as “baseless and vexatious” and mentioned he would take “strictest possible legal action”.

“I am saddened but not surprised to be at the receiving end of such baseless and vexatious allegations being levelled against me. I am sure more such concocted allegations will be thrown at me to cause aspersions on my public image. But I shall be unfettered and remain firm in my beliefs,” he declared.

The 42-year-old political chief, who was additionally eliminated as chief of the Rajasthan unit of the Congress, additionally advised Mr Malinga had been “made to” stage such allegations as a way to stifle “legitimate concerns” raised towards state management.

Giriraj Singh Malinga is not the primary Rajasthan Congress chief to accuse Sachin Pilot of conspiring to bribe MLAs on behalf of the BJP.

Chief Minister Gehlot has torn repeatedly into his former deputy since this disaster started, utilizing phrases like “nikamma” and “nakaara“ – variants of “worthless” – to explain him.

“He was conspiring for the past six months with the BJP’s support. Nobody believed me when I used to say that a conspiracy is going on to topple the government. Nobody knew that a person with such an innocent face will do such thing,” Mr Gehlot mentioned.

Last week the Chief Minister mentioned: “The former PCC chief was involved in dealings with BJP. I have proof of horse-trading”.

Mr Pilot has repeatedly denied such allegations.

The feud between Team Gehlot and Team Pilot, by no means removed from the floor, exploded after Mr Pilot was served a discover to reply questions over alleged makes an attempt to destabilise the state authorities by bribing MLAs to affix the BJP.

Mr Pilot and MLAs loyal to him had been served a disqualification discover that they promptly took to courtroom. They will find out on Friday whether they can, in fact, be disqualified.