New Delhi: Rajasthan Minister Ashok Chandna sent open death threat to the former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot hours after shoes were hurld at him on Monday at a large gathering in Pushkar.
Chandna, the minister of Sports & Youth affairs, Skill Development, Employment, Enterpreneurship (IC) DIPR, Disaster Management & Relief, said that there will be only one left between Pilot and him if he decides to fight.
Shoes hurled at Chandna
Both BJP and Congress leaders gathered to attend the immersion ceremony of ashes of Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla in the Pushkar lake on Monday.
Thousands of people belonging to Most Backward Castes (MBC), including Gurjars, turned up to pay their last respect in a show of strength by the community ahead of Rajasthan Assembly polls.
Kirori Singh Bainsla, a retired lieutenant colonel, had spearheaded several agitations in the state for reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the people of five communities including Gurjar. He died on March 31.
Prior to the immersion of ashes in the holy Pushkar Sarovar, a mass meeting was organised.
Those present in the meeting included BJP MP and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, BJP state president Satish Poonia, Congress MLA and Industries Minister Shakuntala Rawat, and Sports Minister Ashok Chandna among others.
However, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who is also from the Gurjar community, was not present at the meeting.
As soon as Rawat, Chandna and other Congress leaders got on the dais, Pilot's supporters in the crowd started hooting upset over the former deputy chief minister allegedly not being invited to the programme.
Some of them even also hurled shoes towards the stage, however, the footwear did not make contact with anyone as they fell short of the dais. Police had to be called in to control the situation.
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