Ashok Gehlot's retort on Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, 'I was hoping that...':

News Topical, Digital Desk : Ashok Gehlot on Gajendra Shekhawat: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is in Jodhpur these days. During this time, a round of allegations and counter-allegations is also going on and old stories are also coming to the fore. Once again a battle has erupted over Sachin Pilot. Former CM Gehlot expressed his pain while talking to the media at the Circuit House in Jodhpur.

He said that Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat had filed a defamation case against me. Talking about this, he said that I was thinking that the Union Minister would withdraw the defamation case and we will sit and talk among ourselves.

Former CM Ashok Gehlot, while answering the question asked about the tweet of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, said that when did I deny that we are not doing anything? As soon as we came to know that it was not from the MLA fund, we ourselves denied it. These people are deliberately creating an issue because they have nothing to say. Is it necessary for me to go there and inaugurate it? I have never said that.

What did Gehlot say on the defamation case?

Gehlot said, "They have filed a case against me, a defamation case, I was hoping that now they would have understood what my feelings were. At that time, they had filed a defamation case against me, they will take it back, I was expecting this from them, and on the contrary, they are raising a new issue, this is the matter."

Former CM Ashok Gehlot said, "Today I would like to say again, those people, what was your issue, in which many people went to jail, what was its name? Sanjeevani, Sanjeevani scam, I would like them to come here and see that they have become MPs two-three times, and they have been made cabinet ministers in Delhi. Cabinet ministers are not a small thing, becoming a cabinet minister is a big thing, they are part of the government, they should come forward there, we should talk among ourselves."