"Could Be Sachin Tendulkar": Sachin Pilot Disses BJP Leader's Claim

His response came after BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi was quoted as saying that she had spoken to Sachin Pilot and he would join the BJP soon.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot, in the spotlight after his former colleague Jitin Prasada crossed over to the BJP, today rubbished a BJP leader's comment that he was next. He also denied receiving any feelers from the BJP. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, a Congress leader for 25 years before she joined the BJP, was quoted as saying that she had spoken to Sachin Pilot and he would join the BJP soon. "Rita Bahuguna Joshi has said she has spoken to Sachin. She might have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar. She doesn't have the courage to speak to me," Mr Pilot told reporters who asked him to respond to Ms Joshi saying he was "uncomfortable" in the Congress. Jitin Prasada quit the Congress on Wednesday saying he no longer felt he could function or help people in that party and describing the BJP as the "only national party" in the country today.