Pilot is free so he attended funeral of slain jawan: Saraf

Jaipur, Sep 20 (PTI) In a surprising statement, stateHigher Education Minister Kalicharan Saraf today said that PCCPresident Sachin pilot is "free these days" so he attended thefuneral of soldier Nimb Singh. Since Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had her schedulepre-decided, she sent a senior minister to Rajsamand to attendthe funeral. "Pilot is free these days so he went. But the stategovernment is also sensitive. The chief minister had herprogramme so she sent senior minister Kiran Maheshwari toRajsamand," Kalicharan told reporters when pointed out thatPilot was present at the funeral and the chief minister wasnot. "It is not they (Congress) who will decide what thegovernment will do. We have many things to do in thegovernment and the government was represented there," he saidat the BJP office. PTI SDAIKA