Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot will not attend the Congress Legislature Party meeting called by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ...
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot will not attend the Congress Legislature Party meeting called by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday, Pilot’s office said on Sunday, NDTV reported. The statement was issued by Lokendra Singh, who is in charge of media relations for Pilot.
“Rajasthan Deputy CM & Congress leader Sachin Pilot not to attend Congress Legislature Party meeting scheduled to be held on Monday,” the statement said. “Mr Pilot says Ashok Gehlot Govt in minority after over 30 Congress and some independent MLAs have pledged support to Sachin Pilot.”
The Congress government in Rajasthan is staring at a political crisis after Pilot and legislators loyal to him reached Delhi on Sunday, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday. But the Gehlot camp claimed all was well. “There is no danger to the government,” MLA Ashok Chandana said. “All our MLAs are with us.”
Pilot and other party leaders in Rajasthan are reportedly upset with Gehlot for issuing orders to question the deputy chief minister in an investigation into alleged attempts to destabilise the state government. Pilot was summoned by the Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad and the Special Operations Group on Friday.
Congress leader Avinash Pande said on Monday that 109 MLAs support the Gehlot-led government, PTI reported. Pande, the All India Congress Committee...
