“Car Keys Taken Away”: Rajasthan MLA Who Left Team Ashok Gehlot

Jaipur:

A regional birthday party with two MLAs emerged as a the most important participant within the Congress crisis in Rajasthan. The Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) nowadays withdrew give a boost to from the Congress, bringing down numbers because the birthday party struggled to stay its flock safe from Sachin Pilot’s rebel camp.

The 2 BTP MLAs, noticed up to now to again Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot even though it supposed defying their birthday party, nowadays fell in with the verdict.

Considered one of them alleged that he had nearly been taken “hostage” in a video he posted on social media.

“The location presently…it’s nearly as though we’re hostages. For 3 days, we had been within the MLA quarters. Many mentioned include us, include us…Nowadays, three-four police vehicles adopted me once I went out to the constituency,” mentioned Rajkumar Roat, BTP MLA from Chorasi.

#WATCH Rajkumar Roat, BTP (Bhartiya Tribal Birthday celebration) MLA from Chorasi in a video, alleges police now not letting him transfer, have taken his automotive keys and it is a hostage like state of affairs. #Rajasthanpic.twitter.com/FBbBXCCQoy

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“The police vehicles didn’t let me transfer. They surrounded me and my automotive keys had been taken away. The police are on each side. That is badtameezi (misbehaviour),” mentioned the MLA.

On Monday, BTP leader Mahesh Bhai Vasava wrote to his MLAs announcing his birthday party would stay impartial in case of a flooring check within the meeting. The MLAs had been requested to skip any flooring check altogether.

The 2 legislators then mentioned they had been with Ashok Gehlot. “There may be some confusion. At this time we’re with the federal government. However we will be able to take a last resolution after speaking to our leaders,” they advised NDTV. 

Right through the new Rajya Sabha election, each legislators voted for Congress applicants.

The Congress now has 100 MLAs, the half-way mark within the 200-member meeting, after 3 MLAs left Mr Gehlot’s camp.

Prior to Sachin Pilot’s rebel, the Congress had 107 MLAs and the give a boost to of 13 independents and 5 from smaller events. That quantity has now come all the way down to 90 Congress MLAs, seven impartial participants and 3 from smaller events.

(With inputs from PTI)