Jaipur, April 28 -- Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday called Congress leader Ashok Gehlot the "director" of 2020 Manesar resort political drama, when Congress MLA Sachin Pilot, along with his loyalists, moved to a resort and nearly toppled the then-party government in Rajasthan.

Responding to Gehlot's remarks defending Sachin Pilot over BJP leader Radha Mohan Das Agarwal's "impostor" jibe at the Tonk MLA, Shekhawat stated that the former Rajasthan CM would never let Congress forget about the Manesar resort drama.

"Ashok Gehlot would never let government forget what happened in Manesar... I want to say that the director of the whole drama was Ashok Gehlot. Sachin Pilot was just a pawn, and Ashok Gehlot wants to use him t...