Elections are contests of ideas: Pilot

Congress national general secretary Sachin Pilot on Tuesday underlined the need for a strong opposition and healthy dialogue in a democracy, saying that the prevailing politics of confrontation and suppression were not in keeping with democratic values.

Speaking after inaugurating a camp to provide free assistive devices to persons with disabilities in Tonk on the birth anniversary of former Union minister Rajesh Pilot, the Congress leader said elections were meant to be contests of ideas but were increasingly turning into battles marked by hatred.

“People belonging to different ideologies contest elections, but today, competition is getting converted into hatred. The animosity and tension we are witnessing in politics is not a good sign,” Sachin Pilot said.