The former Rajasthan deputy chief minister held the fast despite a warning issued to him by the Congress.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot said that he will “continue the movement against corruption” – as he ended his day-long fast on Tuesday around 4 pm. Pilot sat on a ‘dharna’ on Tuesday morning at the Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur to demand action from his own government in cases of alleged corruption related to the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state.
“We had assured people that effective action will be taken against corruption by the former BJP government in the state. I wanted the Congress government to take action against the corruption by the former BJP government,” Pilot told the media, quoted the news agency PTI.
The former Rajasthan deputy chief minister held the fast despite a warning issued to him by the Congress. All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa had warned him that “any such protest against the state government would amount to anti-party activity and go against the party’s interest”.