Prime Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot is expected to call an assembly meeting next week to show his strength in the House, sources told GalacticGaming.
Gehlot met with Governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday, hours after two deputies from a regional party that had withdrawn support from the Congressional government announced that they would support the administration. Although the chief minister called this courtesy meeting, sources suggest that he has indicated to the governor that he would like to call an assembly meeting next week.
Congress, sources added, will not take an appeal on the matter until after Tuesday, after the Rajasthan High Court has responded to a request filed by the Sachin pilot camp on notice of disqualification sent by the President.
The rebel camp claimed that Sachin Pilot had 30 deputies who were ready to walk with him if necessary from the government of Rajasthan – enough to overthrow Mr. Gehlot’s government. But Mr. Gehlot says he has 109 loyal MPs.
Sachin Pilot has been around Delhi with its rebel deputies since the weekend. His feud with Ashok Gehlot intensified after being asked to answer questions about the alleged plot to overthrow the government in which he was number two. As he refused to return to Jaipur and skipped meetings convened by the chief minister, he was dismissed as deputy chief minister and chief of congress in Rajasthan. But in Delhi, the leadership of the Congress is continuing its efforts to bring it back.
Pilot, after being sacked as deputy chief minister and chairman of the Congressional unit in Rajasthan, went to court to challenge the decision to disqualify him and 18 others from the assembly of Rajasthan. Congress says it acted against the party by defying instructions to appear this week at two meetings chaired by Mr. Gehlot.
