Jaipur . The turmoil has started once again in the politics of Rajasthan. A tug-of-war is going on for the future chief minister as the Congress prepares to file the nomination of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for the post of President. Sachin Pilot is the choice of the high command as the new chief minister in place of Gehlot, but the Gehlot camp is angry over the name of the pilot. Even before the meeting of the Congress Legislature Party, about 70 MLAs of the Gehlot faction are reported to have submitted their resignations to the Speaker of the Assembly, Dr. CP Joshi. It has not been officially confirmed. On the other hand, Gehlot’s supporters did not reach the legislature party meeting held at the Chief Minister’s residence. After this the meeting had to be cancelled.
After the cancellation of the meeting, a meeting is being held at the Chief Minister’s residence regarding the latest developments. Ajay Maken, Mallikarjun Kharge, Gehlot, Pilot, Raghu Sharma and some senior ministers are present in the meeting. According to sources, discussions are being held in the meeting to persuade the MLAs of the Gehlot camp and listen to them. On the other hand, MLAs supporting Gehlot have also started reaching the Chief Minister’s residence one by one.
According to sources, the Congress high command has summoned Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge to Delhi. KC Venugopal called both of them and gave this message of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. However, late night Ajay Maken said that we are not going to Delhi. Talking to legislators one by one.
Prior to this, Sachin Pilot had reached the Chief Minister’s residence for the meeting of the legislature party with his supporters, but he left the place due to lack of meeting late in the night. Earlier, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot reached the hotel to meet state in-charge Ajay Maken and Observer Mallikarjun Kharge. After a short meeting, all three reached the Chief Minister’s residence but the meeting was canceled due to non-availability of several MLAs.
Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said that all the MLAs are angry. That is why they have reached the Speaker of the Assembly to resign. When the government was in crisis, at that time everyone supported the government but now the MLAs are not being listened to. That’s why the legislators are angry.
Before the meeting of the legislature party, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that in such meetings, we pass a one-line resolution that whatever the high command decides, we will accept it. This media has spread that I do not want to leave the chief minister’s post, I had told the high command only on August 9 that the government which can get the repeat done should be made the CM. Here, Minister Rajendra Gudha returned from the gate of Dhariwal’s bungalow. He said that there are not 101 MLAs here.
Amidst the ongoing tussle in the Congress party in Rajasthan, the BJP has demanded imposition of President’s rule in the state. In this sequence, BJP state president Satish Poonia has tweeted and wrote that ‘Trukh Aane Aane Karoon, Jai BJP-Taiy BJP’.
Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathod has also demanded the resignation of CM Gehlot by tweeting. He wrote that the current political situation in Rajasthan is pointing towards President’s rule. Chief Minister, why are you doing drama? What is the delay now after the resignation of the cabinet? You resign too. Apart from this, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also tweeted and wrote that ‘the government of fencing is ready to go to the enclosure once again’. If such situation prevails in the state, then once again there may be a barricade of the MLAs.
Source: dainikbhaskarup.com”