Pilot, Gehlot rift widens as HC debates Speaker's role in barring MLAs

"Never in the history of India have I ever heard that the head of a party conspired to topple its own government. I have never heard of this till date" Gehlot tweeted.

The schism between sacked Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot deepened on Monday as the Speaker’s role in disqualifying MLAs was debated in the Rajasthan High Court.

Gehlot left no one in any doubt that his aim was to push Pilot out of the Congress as he upped the ante and described the younger leader as ‘naalayak, nikamma and nakara” (worthless and useless) and said that in his 7 years as the state unit chief, Pilot had ‘done nothing’ of any consequence to add value to the prospects of the Congress in the state.