jaipur rajasthan chief minister ashok gehlot on saturday said union minister gajendra singh shekhawats recent remarks over the rebellion against him two years ago prove that he in connivance with congress leader sachin pilot tried to topple the state government former state deputy chief minister sachin pilot and 18 mlas close to him had rebelled against gehlot in 2020 triggering a political crisis in the state the bjp was accused of the attempt to dislodge the congress government in the state shekhawat had said at a meeting in chomu town of jaipur that pilot missed the opportunity and had the government changed water would have reached state areas through the eastern rajasthan canal project gehlot said shekhawats remarks prove that he was the main character in the attempt to topple his government now you are taking the name of sachin pilot that he missed opportunity you have proved it that you were in connivance with him he told reporters in sikar gehlot was reacting to a court notice to the union minister on a revision petition filed by the state anticorruption bureau who sought the bjp leaders voice samples in connection with horsetrading allegations three audio clips of alleged telephonic conservations had surfaced during the political crisis it was alleged that gajendra referred to in the audio clips was union minister shekhawat who tried to topple the state government earlier a lower court had rejected the antigraft bodys plea gehlot said the court notice to shekhawat was issued rather late and shekhawat kept on saving himself but eventually the notice was issued the minister is saying that if sachin pilot had not missed the chance and if the government had changed in rajasthan then water would have come through ercp in the state can a union minister speak such a language what can be more shameful than this he said gehlot has been continuously demanding the ercp to be given the status of a national project the project is aimed at providing water to 13 districts of eastern rajasthan the chief minister was in sikar for the unveiling of the statue of former mla sanwarmal more and inauguration of a girls college gehlot also said that an atmosphere of violence and mistrust is prevailing in the country and it is not in the interest of the country and democracy the politics of tension is not good for the country a family which has tension does not move forward and gets ruined the same thing applies to village country and state he said the cm said there is an atmosphere of mistrust and violence some people may be happy that bulldozers are running that bulldozer can also come to your place at any time he said without conviction by law one cannot be called guilty