No New Party Yet! Sachin Pilot Rakes Up Corruption Issue In Dausa

Dissident Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Sunday put an end to the speculation over his next political move but made it clear that he will continue to raise his voice for the rights of the people.

Pilot's statement comes amid intense speculation that he would float a new outfit at an event to commemorate his father Rajesh Pilot's death anniversary in Dausa.

"I have raised my voice for the rights of the youth and their future... There was a time, I felt alone but you all supported me," Pilot said at the rally in Dausa.

Pilot's statement comes even as the Congress has said he will unitedly contest the next Rajasthan assembly elections.

Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal on Friday dismissed as rumours reports that Pilot may announce his own party on his father Rajesh Pilot's death anniversary and asserted the Congress will contest Rajasthan's assembly polls unitedly.

"I don't believe in rumours. The reality is that the Congress president and Rahul Gandhi discussed with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot and after that we said that we will go together. That is the position of the Congress party," Venugopal had told PTI.

"In my knowledge, there is no such thing," he said, when asked specifically about reports of Pilot floating a new party.

The Congress last week had said the party is supreme and will fight the Rajasthan Assembly polls unitedly to emerge victorious, an assertion that came after Pilot refused to budge from his demands.

In a bid to defuse the tensions, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi had held marathon discussions with Gehlot and Pilot separately last week, sources had said. They had later posed for photographs at Kharge's 10 Rajaji Marg residence here.

After the meetings, the party had said Gehlot and Pilot have agreed to fight the upcoming assembly elections unitedly and have left all issues to be resolved by the party high command.