Scindia, Pilot drama won't impact Cong: Baghel

July 22, 2020 17:22

Congress will not be impacted by Jyotiraditya Scindia's exit and Sachin Pilot's rebellion, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said, as he attacked the BJP alleging it is no more a party of ethics and character and "can do anything, anywhere".

Baghel said Pilot became an MP at 26 years of age, then a Union Minister and state Congress Committee chief. "What more can a party give? he asked. He was referring to the political turmoil in Rajasthan after Pilot and 18 other MLAs revolted against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who alleged that the rebels had along with the BJP conspired to topple his government. The BJP has dismissed the allegations and claimed that the trouble in the Congress was due to the Gehlot-Pilot power struggle.

"The BJP is power hungry to such an extent that it can do anything, anywhere. Where they had one or two MLAs they have made government. They can go to any level. The era of Atal and Advani (former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani) has gone and there are no ethics and character in the party," Baghel alleged.

Without taking any names, the chief minister said there were attempts at blackmailing by some opportunists in the party. "These opportunists or those indulging in the politics of blackmailing should remember that it is not good for the country's democracy. Scindia ke saath bhi kuch to majboori rahi hogi, yun hi koi bewafa nahin hota' (there must have been some compulsion with Scindia else nobody turns disloyal), the Congress leader told PTI.

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