Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get the alleged try and topple his authorities stopped and mentioned he’s open to welcoming again the Congress rebels led by Sachin Pilot.
Answering queries from reporters, Gehlot mentioned if the Congress excessive command forgives the dissidents, he’ll embrace them.
For the reason that energy tussle between him and Sachin Pilot resurfaced this month, the Congress veteran has used harsh phrases in opposition to his former deputy, as soon as even referring to him as “nikamma” or ineffective.
Gehlot mentioned he’ll do regardless of the Congress management needs and gave the occasion the credit score for changing into the Rajasthan chief minister thrice.
The chief minister was on his method again to Jaipur after an in a single day keep at Jaisalmer’s Suryagarh resort, the place loyalist MLAs have been shifted forward of the meeting session from August 14.
The Congress has accused the BJP of taking part in a significant position within the rebel by the now sacked deputy chief minister and 18 different Congress MLAs who’re threatening his authorities.
“We now have no quarrel with anybody. In a democracy, fights occur over ideology, insurance policies and programmes and never for toppling a authorities.
“Modi ought to get stopped no matter is happening in Rajasthan,” the chief minister mentioned outdoors the resort the place the MLAs had been shifted Friday.
Gehlot and the ministers are prone to spend most of their time within the state capital because the Congress tries to maintain its numbers intact in Jaisalmer.
He claimed that democracy is underneath menace within the nation is and the Union House Ministry is after his authorities within the state.
He repeated the cost that the “price” for making an attempt to lure MLAs away has gone up after the announcement of the meeting session.
Reacting to BJP state president Satish Poonia’s assertion over the shifting of Congress MLAs to Jaisalmer, Gehlot referred to as him a brand new chief who needs to tackle former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. He commented that Raje has “disappeared” from the scene.
Poonia had mocked the Congress, asking if the Gehlot loyalists will subsequent transfer additional westward throughout the border into Pakistan.
MLAs from the Congress and its allies had remained confined to Fairmont resort in Jaipur since July 13 earlier than being flown to Jaisalmer on chartered flights.
They’re prone to go to Tanot Mata temple close to the Pakistan border and another locations throughout their Jaisalmer keep, anticipated to proceed until the meeting session begins on August 14.
Gehlot recalled that he had knowledgeable Narendra Modi concerning the political scenario within the state by a letter and a phone dialog.
He mentioned he’ll write one other letter to Modi asking him to name a video convention of all chief ministers once more to overview the Covid-19 scenario.
He mentioned enough testing for coronavirus is just not going down in some states whereas Rajasthan has elevated its testing capability to 40,000 per day.
“We now have executed glorious Covid administration within the state. The restoration price is sweet, the loss of life price is lower than 1 per cent,” he mentioned.
Together with the rebels, the Congress has 107 MLAs within the 200-member meeting. The BJP has 72 MLAs.