"Lemons Rs 300 A Kilo": Sachin Pilot Says Communal Issues Can't Last

Sachin Pilot said "Lemons are selling at Rs 300 a kilo. Cooking gas is Rs 1000 a cylinder. Inflation has to be brought down. You cannot get votes only by playing with people's sentiments"

Congress's Sachin Pilot today blamed the recent communal controversies in Rajasthan on the BJP, saying the party must stop "playing with people's sentiments".

"Rajasthan has always been a peaceful state. The people have lived in harmony and amity. We have to stop the forces that are triggering these clashes," Mr Pilot told NDTV in an exclusive interview.  

"Our friends in the opposition must understand that they should not play politics over this. They have to understand that the discourse should be on unemployment, inflation, farmers' issues. I think they will remain unsuccessful in their efforts to divert people's attention from these issues," he added.

When told that there is a constituency for these sentiments too and people get emotional over these issues, Mr Pilot said, "Yes, people get emotional. But lemons are selling at Rs 300 a kilo. Cooking gas is Rs 1,000 a cylinder. Inflation has to be brought down. You cannot get votes only by playing with people's sentiments. I do not think that will benefit the country".