New headache for Rajasthan Congress: Six MLAs who supported Ashok Gehlot in ‘crisis’

Two MLAs from Pilot’s camp questioned the timing of the outburst and accused the previous BSP MLAs of supporting the Congress in greed of energy.

Six MLAs of the BSP who defected and merged with the Congress social gathering in Rajasthan two years in the past have now gone public alleging injustice amid the continuing turmoil within the social gathering. The previous BSP MLAs stated that though they stood by the Gehlot authorities offering stability in instances of crises, they’ve been meted out with ‘injustice’ within the social gathering. The MLAs additionally focused the legislators within the Sachin Pilot camp, saying they have been constructing strain to get ministerial berths regardless of as soon as going in opposition to the social gathering.

The Pilot camp additionally didn’t maintain again. Two MLAs from Pilot’s camp questioned the timing of the outburst and accused the previous BSP MLAs of supporting the Congress in greed of energy. The dissidence expressed by the six MLAs is proving to be a brand new headache for Ashok Gehlot who’s already struggling to maintain his flock collectively as Sachin Pilot continues to camp in Delhi, demanding a decision of the grievances raised by him a yr in the past, when he together with 18 MLAs overtly boycotted in opposition to the state authorities.

Ashok Gehlot has already begun holding discussions with social gathering leaders for a attainable cupboard enlargement. In line with experiences, Gehlot could in all probability reward the six MLAs who are sometimes counted among the many loyal to the Chief Minister. The Gehlot faction could sign to the social gathering excessive command that it might accommodate Pilot loyalists in addition to these MLAs in case of enlargement.

Sandeep Yadav, former BSP MLA from Tijara who switched to Congress, stated, “The 19 persons are creating strain on the social gathering excessive command. They’re pressuring it to incorporate them as ministers. Those that labored in the direction of destabilising this authorities, they’re repeatedly creating strain,” he stated, hitting out on the Pilot camp. He stated that the Gehlot authorities is surviving due to us and the excessive command ought to reward those that offered stability to the federal government.

Nadbai MLA Joginder Singh Awana stated that six of us made a ‘large sacrifice’ by becoming a member of the Congress. “Even at the moment, a sword is hanging over us because the matter is pending within the Supreme Court docket. After this large sacrifice, we offered stability to the Congress authorities and the Congress social gathering,” he stated.

Final yr, Sachin Pilot, together with 18 loyal MLAs, had left the state and camped in Haryana and Delhi for over a month resulting in a political disaster in Rajasthan. Ashok Gehlot managed to retain majority with the help of impartial MLAs together with the six former BSP legislators.