Rajasthan: Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) MP Rajkumar Roat released a video.
Jaipur:
A regional party with two deputies has emerged as a crucial player in the Congress crisis in Rajasthan. The Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) today withdrew support for Congress, which reduced the membership as the party strove to protect its herd from the Sachin Pilot rebel camp.
The two members of the construction industry, seen previously to support the chief minister Ashok Gehlot even if it meant defying their party, fell today.
One of them alleged that he had almost been taken hostage in a video he had posted on social networks.
“The situation right now … it’s almost like we are hostages. For three days we were in the MLA neighborhoods. Many said they would come with us, come with us … Today, three or four police cars followed me when I went to the constituency, “said Rajkumar Roat, construction and public works deputy from Chorasi.
#WATCH Rajkumar Roat, MP for the Bhartiya Tribal Party of Chorasi, in a video, says that the police do not let him move, took his car keys and that it is a situation similar to that of a hostage. #Rajasthanpic.twitter.com/FBbBXCCQoy
– ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2020
“The police cars didn’t let me move. They surrounded me and my car keys were taken away. The police are on both sides. badtameezi (misconduct), “said the MP.
On Monday, the head of the construction industry, Mahesh Bhai Vasava, wrote to his deputies to tell him that his party would remain neutral in the event of a ground test in the assembly. MEPs were asked to ignore any ground tests.
The two lawmakers then declared that they were with Ashok Gehlot. “There is some confusion. Right now, we are with the government. But we will make a final decision after talking to our leaders,” they told GalacticGaming.
In the recent election of Rajya Sabha, the two legislators voted for the candidates for Congress.
The Congress now has 100 deputies, halfway through the 200-member assembly, after three deputies have left Mr. Gehlot’s camp.
Before the Sachin Pilot revolt, Congress had 107 deputies and the support of 13 independents and five from small parties. That number has now dropped to 90 congressmen, seven independent members and three from small parties.
(With PTI entries)
