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Rajasthan Crisis : CM Ashok Gehlot To Shift MLA’s To Jaislamer, Claims Money Offered To Change Sides Have Increased
The MLAs of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot camp, who have been staying at a hotel on the Jaipur- Delhi Highway amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, will be shifted to Jaisalmer , Congress sources said.
The MLAs will be shifted after the Congress Legislature Party meeting in the hotel, the sources said, adding, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will address the MLAs.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot indicated he will seek a confidence vote when the assembly convenes next fortnight and claimed that the money offered to the MLAs to switch sides had increased sharply ahead of the session. The chief minister said the rebels who have not accepted money should return to the party fold.
The ministers however according to CNN-IBN report will stay back in Jaipur. The MLAs have been staying in the hotel since July 13 after Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs rebelled against the government triggering the political crisis.