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Raje trying to divert attention from bypoll defeat: Pilot

Press Trust of India  |  Jaipur 

president Sachin Pilot today said Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's statement on the BJP's win in the assembly elections in the northeast was an unsuccessful attempt to ward attention off the party's defeat in the bypolls. Pilot said the chief minister had distanced herself from the media after losing in the bypolls held in January (on two and one assembly constituencies) but her comments on the BJP's performance in the northeast clearly showed that she was unsuccessfully trying to divert attention from the defeat. He said the had in the last four years worked against the interests of the people, and was left with no time now to rectify their mistakes and bring about change.

The Pradesh Committee chief also accused the of institutionalising corruption in the state. Pilot said the would win the upcoming assembly elections and form the in the state. Earlier in the day, Raje, while speaking at the office here, had exuded confidence of winning the assembly elections due later this year.

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First Published: Sun, March 04 2018. 19:20 IST
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