Gehlot govt admits monitoring Pilot's phones, meetings during 2020 rebellion to avoid collapse
• Ashok Gehlot's OSD claims the Congress govt monitored Sachin Pilot's movements and tracked his phones during his 2020 rebellion • Pilot had revolted against Gehlot in June 2020 along with supporting MLAs, triggering a political crisis • OSD says surveillance was natural to track Pilot's meetings and people he associated with to avoid govt collapse • Monitoring helped bring some rebel MLAs back; following Pilot was part of this monitoring • Political crisis exacerbated tensions between Pilot and Gehlot after rebel MLAs brought back into party fold