Sachin Pilot’s Exit Today? Congress Denies Crisis At 2.30 AM Briefing

Jaipur:

After a daylong disaster in Rajasthan seen to have been triggered by Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, who’s tenting in Delhi, the ruling Congress – at a 2:30 AM briefing – has claimed that it has the help of 109 MLAs to again the state authorities led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.

“A total of 109 MLAs have signed a letter expressing their trust and support to Rajasthan government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and leadership of Sonia Gandhi-ji and Rahul Gandhi-ji,” Rajasthan Congress in-charge Avinash Pande stated on the post-midnight press convention after a legislature occasion assembly at Ashok Gehlot’s residence in Jaipur. “A few more MLAs had telephonic conversations with the Chief Minister and they will also sign letter of support till morning,” he stated.

The occasion chief additionally stated that the Congress delegation went to Jaipur on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s directions. The late-night press convention in Jaipur was held by Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Ajay Maken and Avinash Pande.

While Sachin Pilot – who claims the help of 30 MLAs – has refused to attend a key assembly of Congress MLAs referred to as by Chief Minister Gehlot at 10:30 AM at the moment, the Congress has issued a whip to its MLAs to attend the assembly.

Sources stated Mr Pilot is more likely to meet BJP chief JP Nadda at the moment. The 42-year-old, who’s in Delhi with some loyalists, has not been granted a gathering with the Gandhis thus far.

The Congress holds 107 seats within the 200-strong Rajasthan meeting and has the help of 12 Independent candidates. In addition, 5 MLAS from different events — the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the CPM and the Bharatiya Tribal Party – help Mr Gehlot, who claimed on Saturday that the BJP was providing as much as Rs 15 crore to MLAs to change sides.

On Sunday night, the Congress paraded the three MLAs who had been in Delhi on Saturday and had been often called loyalists of Mr Pilot, earlier than the media. All three stated they supported the Ashok Gehlot authorities. One of them, Rohit Bohra, had earlier instructed NDTV that his go to to Delhi was “personal” and the opposite two MLAs additionally had their very own errands.

The tipping level for Sachin Pilot got here after he was summoned for questioning in an investigation into an alleged bid to destabilise the state authorities forward of the Rajya Sabha elections. “Nobody wants to leave his home, but can’t continue to put up with this kind of humiliation; my MLAs and supporters are extremely hurt and I will have to listen to them,” he instructed me on the telephone earlier this night,” senior  journalist and political analyst Javed Ansari wrote in his weblog on Sunday.

(With inputs from ANI)