Rajasthan Political Crisis Highlights: The power struggle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot has intensified further. Congress Legislative Party on Tuesday passed a resolution sacking Sachin Pilot. He was also removed as PCC Chief. Gehlot also met Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra after sacking Pilot and two other ministers.
Pilot had earlier declared open rebellion, claiming that the Ashok Gehlot government is in minority now as over 30 Congress MLAs are supporting him. The Congress on Monday said its doors remain open for Sachin Pilot.
Announcing CLP's decision, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Sachin Pilot was "ensnared" by the BJP to bring down the Congress government in Rajasthan. "We have given Sachin Pilot many opportunities. He has been an MP and MoS and a state party president. I am sad that Sachin Pilot and some of his colleagues have fallen for a trap laid by the BJP. This is unacceptable," he said. Catch all the LIVE updates here:
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other ministers reached the CM's residence on Tuesday evening for a Cabinet meeting, hours after the ruling Congress sacked Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and two others from the cabinet.
Gehlot and the other ministers arrived there from the hotel where they were holed up amid the power tussle between Gehlot and Pilot.
The Cabinet meeting will be followed by another of the Council of Ministers. After the sacking of the three ministers, the 12 senior ministers, including the chief minister, remain in the Cabinet. The council of ministers has 10 ministers of state.
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Once a practising lawyer, Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara's elevation to the post of the state Congress chief came almost 15 years after he contested his first election to become a member of a panchayat samiti in the state.
Born on October 1, 1964 in Kriparam ji ki Dhani in Lakshmangarh of Sikar district, 55-year-old Dotasara had started his career at the grass-roots level in the party while working as a lawyer.
The three-time Congress MLA had contested the Lakshmanagarh pachayat samiti in 2005 before being given the party ticket for the assembly elections three years later.
On Tuesday, he was made the state Congress president after the removal of Sachin Pilot from the post following accusations that he tried to topple the Congress government in the state as part of a "BJP conspiracy".
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I am sad to seeSachin Pilotleave Congress. I consider him one of our best andbrightest, and wish it had not come to this. Instead of parting, he should have joined the effort to make the party a better andmore effective instrument for his, and our, dreams.
BJP held a meeting today at their party office in Rajasthan over the current political situation in the state. Party's state president Satish Poonia and party leaders Om Mathur, Gulab Chand KatariaandRajendra Rathore were present at the meeting. (ANI)
Ganesh Ghogra,Abhishek Choudhary andHem Singh Shekhawat appointed asState President of Youth Congress, NSUI and Seva Dal respectively.
"Congratulations to Ganesh Ghogra ji, Abhishek Choudhary ji and Hem Singh Shekhawat ji for being appointed as State President of Youth Congress, NSUI and Seva Dal respectively.I am sure under the leadership of HCP Soniaji and Rahulji you all will work harder to strengthen the organisation. Wish you all best for your new endeavour," Ashok Gehlot said on Twitter.
SachinPilot was holding a constitutional post and some of his actions may not be in sync with that position.
"Some doors have to close if the open doors are not utilised for constructive closures. We still hope that closure of options will be an exception, and harmonious settlement the rule," Singhvi told PTI.
"A constitutional government responsibility of Deputy CM obviously sits uneasily with activities which are anti-party," he added.
My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all those who have come out in my support today.
In present circumstances, there is no place for ability in the Congress party. This can be seen in every state.
59 office bearers of Tonk unit of Congress party in Rajasthan tender their resignations in protest against the removal of Sachin Pilot as the Deputy CM and Rajasthan PCC Chief.
NSUI state president Abhimanyu Pooniatendered his resignation after Sachin Pilot was sacked from the posts of Rajasthan's deputy chief minister and the party's state unit chief.
He also claimed that about 400-500 post holders in the Youth Congress, NSUI and Seva Dal have resigned in protest against the latest development.
"I have resigned from the post in support of Sachin Pilot. They have also removed an elected Youth Congress president," Poonia said."We cannot work with such a chief minister who has worked to send heads of Jat and Bishnoi families to jail. Our honesty and conscience is still alive," he said on Twitter.
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Congress district president of Pali, Chunnilal Chadwas, resigns from his post;says he is "hurt by the undemocratic removal of Sachin Pilot as state unit chief". (ANI)
BJPhits back at Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot for blaming the safforn partyfor the turmoil; sayspolitical crisis in Rajasthan caused by 'weakness' within Congress. (PTI)
