MEGA EXCLUSIVE!!

@SachinPilot’s FIRST I/V to @IndiaToday magazine since sacking:

“Not angry with #Gehot but he walked same path as Vasundhara”

“Didn’t allow me dignity & space to work”

“I’m not joining BJP. Haven’t met Scindia in 6 months. Haven’t met Om Mathur”

Contd.

“My self-respect was hurt. Notice served to me had sedition charges. My step was a voice against injustice”

“CM called mtg at his residence, not party HQ. Whip applies when assembly in session”

“Raised issues multiple times with Avinash Pande & Gehlot”

Contd.

“I have worked hard to make Congress win in state. Why will I work against it?”

“I took charge of party when it was reduced to 21. For the next Gehlot didn’t utter a single word. But when we won, he staked claim to CM’s chair based on his experience. What experience?”

Contd.

“It was RG’s decision to make him CM. It was at his insistence that I agreed to become deputy CM though reluctantly.”

“Rahul asked Gehlot to ensure equitable distribution of work. Though Gehlot made it his agenda to corner and humiliate me”

Contd.

“After Rahul quit last year, Gehlot & friends in AICC ganged up against me. Since then it was a struggle to protect my self-respect.”

“No comms with SG or RG. PG spoke to me over phone but it was a personal chat. No resolution.”

“I made no demands, only respectable work envt”