Rajasthan Political Crisis Highlights: Congress to hold party meet tomorrow, 'requests' Sachin Pilot to attend

I consider Sachin Pilot one of the most talented, competent andimpressive Congress men we have. He is a friends also. We all value him in the party. He should come andair his grievances, the floor is open. All people are prepared to listen to him.

He may have genuine grievances but where I draw a red flag is that if you try to topple a govt or hurt your own Congress party. I think everything except that red flag is accepted in the party. It's a capacious party. I urge, request, beg him to exercise that right.

All I know is that their MLAs are with us. Both the MLAs are supporting Congress party. They were present at the legislative party meeting earlier today and they are present here as well,Chetan Dudi, Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee said.

Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi urges Congress leadership to do everything possible to persuade Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, says his exit from party will deal severe blow to it. (PTI)

They're requested to come anddiscuss how to strengthen Rajasthan andserve the 8 cr people together. If there are some differences with someone, then they should say that that with an open mind. Sonia Gandhi andRahul Gandhi are ready to listen to everyone and find solution.

With a majority of 109 for the Congress Government in Rajasthan under Ashok Gehlot, all our MLAs gave their support letter. They have failed BJP's attempts.

To discuss political situation another Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meet will be held here at 10 am tomorrow. We request Sachin Pilot andall MLAs to come, we'll also give them in writing. We've requested them to come anddiscuss the situation (ANI)

There is no number game. The state govt had majority, it still has the majority. We have more than the required number. We have 109 MLAs with us.

Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) issues letter to its two MLAs to abstain in the event of a trust vote in the assembly. These two MLAs had earlier supported the Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan.

Political uncertainty best describes Congress governments across India, especially in the northwest Rajasthan. The old guard vs GenNext battle in the grand old party is clearly visible in Jaipur. The recent developments in Rajasthan have further exacerbated the differences between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot.

After he led the Congress — as its Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief — to victory in the 2018 assembly polls, Pilot thought he would be rewarded with the Chief Minister’s post because then Congress President Rahul Gandhi had promised that he would usher in a generational change for ending the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule in the state.

However, once the Congress won the elections and despite Rahul Gandhi’s inclination for a fresh leadership, Sonia Gandhi and her close aides decided that the claims made by former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot could not be ignored. Besides, his ‘administrative experience and acumen’ would go a long way in ‘unfixing’ a lot of issues, including the land-acquisition cases filed against Robert Vadra, Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, by the Vasundhara Raje regime. In addition to this, in Rajasthan’s caste-ridden politics, Gehlot, who belonged to the Mali (gardener) caste, augured better than Pilot, who is a Gujjar leader.

An upset Pilot was asked to settle for the post of Deputy Chief Minister with an assurance that his band of young MLAs would be rewarded.

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StateBJP president Satish Poonia: Congress govt has lost people's confidence. It should go in public interest. The state govt failed to keep its promises made to people.

20 MLAs didn't attend the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting held at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's residence today.

20 MLAs didn't attend the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting held at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's residence today.

Ashok Gehlot govt doesn’t have numbers they claim. The Chief Minister’s back garden isn't the place to prove majority, it’s done in the Assembly. If they have numbers as claimed then why not do a head count, take them to the Governorinstead of moving them to a hotel?(ANI)

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