Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot says that with support of 30 MLA he has refused to attend meeting of Congress MLA, called by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Sources suggest that Pilot, who is camping in Delhi after setting his party up for another state collapse just three months after it lost Madhya Pradesh to the BJP, is likely to meet with BJP chief JP Nadda today.
Pande says that they have confidence that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will survive as 109 MLAs have signed a letter expressing their support and trust to government.
“A total of 109 MLAs have signed a letter expressing their trust and support to government led by CM Ashok Gehlot and leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.Few more MLAs had telephonic conversation with the CM and they’ll also sign letter of support till morning,” said Rajasthan Congress in-charge Avinash Pande at a press conference after a legislature party meeting at Ashok Gehlot’s residence in Jaipur.
“Strict disciplinary action will be taken against any MLA who is absent without mentioning personal or special reason”, he further added.
“The Ashok Gehlot government is in minority after over 30 Congress and some independent MLAs have pledged their support to Sachin Pilot,” said the statement released by Pilot’s media office yesterday.
PL Punia, Congress in-charge of Chhattisgarh, tweets clarification on his statement,
Sachin Pilot statement came when he was in Delhi over the weekend, he met former Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia who recently left the party to bring down Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh.
