Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot bats for experience, youth in govt and party | Jaipur News

Pilot said that youths and workers on the ground will have to be empowered (File photo)

JAIPUR: A day after chief minister Ashok Gehlot promised cabinet rejig, his former deputy Sachin Pilot said a combination of experience and youth should be accommodated in the government and the party to prepare it for the 2023 election.
Gehlot said on Tuesday that the cabinet reshuffle in the state will take place soon.
Speaking to reporters in Bhilwara on Wednesday, Pilot said there are vacancies in the government as well as in the party organisation and we will have to move forward with a combination of experience and youth.
Pilot said that youths and workers on the ground will have to be empowered. “When they realise that they have full participation in the government, then definitely we will be forming the government in 2023 again.” Pilot, who was the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief during the rule of the former BJP government led by Vasundhara Raje, said, “Time flies. During the previous BJP government’s rule, we struggled on the road against the BJP government because there was no one in the government to hear us. That was the government of arrogance and we have to set an example contrary to it. We are working in that direction,” he said.
The Congress leader said he is fighting for those who struggled for the party and its victory in the elections.
“If we make them participate in the government, it will be good for the party and the state as well. Youths will have new energy. Everyone has accepted this and the result will be visible in the days to come,” he said. Asked about teachers telling the chief minister on Tuesday that money has to be given for transfers, Pilot said the CM has already promised that a transfer policy will be made. He said that transparency should be there in all departments, and not in just one. “When we were in opposition, we exposed the corruption of the BJP government. People trusted us and gave us votes.”
He also targeted the centre over issues of inflation and unemployment. Pilot said the Congress is the only alternative to BJP at the national level.