Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, during meeting of Congress Legislature Party says to MLAs that he is set to go as high as the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the President of India to make sure that the “BJP conspiracy will not be allowed to succeed”. The meeting happen just before their cabinet meeting. The meeting was scheduled for 4 PM. The cabinet meeting will be between the CM and Governor Kalraj Mishra. And Mr Gehlot is expected to present a new request to convene an Assembly session, which is scheduled to happen on Monday.
On Friday, Mr Gehlot with around 100 MLAs protested for more than four hours at the Governor house, accusing him of sitting on the request of calling an assembly session because he was “under pressure” to stall a test of strength.
The governor Kalraj, said he needed the state government’s response on few points before making any declaration, Also he added that Mr Gehlot had not given any “justification” or “agenda” for calling the session on such a short notice.
Sachin Pilot claims the support of 30 MLAs, but so far, the evidence points to only 19. The BJP has 72. While including smaller parties and independent members, the opposition has 97 at the moment.
BJP MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says, “What the Congress government did at Governor House was a low-point in Rajasthan politics. There is no governance, those in power are lodged at a five-star hotel since weeks. People are suffering due to various issues.”
