Sachin Pilot is expected to speak to the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, a day after he met her close aide and senior party leader Ahmed Patel
NEW DELHI| On Sunday Rajasthan’s Deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot arrived in Delhi with some of his loyalist MLAsana may talk to party chief regarding the developing political crisis in the state.
Sachin Pilot is expected to speak to the party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, a day after he met her close aide and senior party leader Ahmed Patel. The flurry of meetings comes amid a slugfest over the BJP’s alleged attempts to topple the Congress-led Rajasthan government.
Close sources revealed, Pilot told Patel at a meeting late on Sunday night that chief minister Ashok Gehlot was trying to sideline him and was given assurances that “injustice will not be allowed to happen to him”.
The meeting was followed fast-paced political developments in Jaipur that have sent alarm bells ringing in Congress high command as a deepening rift between Gehlot and pilot threatens of a fate similar to what happened in Madhya Pradesh, where Jyotiraditya Scindia walked out the government with his MLAs, leading to the downfall of the Congress.
Sources said that Pilot claims he has 23 MLAs in his camp and wants to flaunt his strength because of the clash with Gehlot. About 16 of the pro-Pilot Congress MLAs and three independent MLAs reached Delhi on Saturday, ahead of the deputy CM’s arrival.
Gehlot has accused the opposition BJP of trying to topple his government by offering his legislators large sums of money. He alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were unable to “tolerate” him or his government and were, therefore, planning a conspiracy.
Rejecting Gehlot’s allegations, BJP state president Satish Poonia said the political situation in the state was the result of infighting in the Congress and the chief minister was just trying to shift the blame.
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