People had voted for Congress while considering Sachin Pilot as the chief ministerial candidate, said the BJP.
Jaipur:
On Friday, Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia rejected allegations that his party was attempting to poach Congress members of state and said that “ political drama ” was the creation of chief minister Ashok Gehlot , who had disputes with his deputy Sachin Pilot.
“A political drama initiated by the chief minister takes place in the context of the elections to Rajya Sabha. Baseless allegations are made and legislators are afraid on behalf of the Anti-corruption Bureau and the Special Operations Group,” said M Poonia. journalists.
“Evidence must be presented. This is enough defamation and we will not listen to it over and over again. We have open legal options,” he said.
The head of the BJP said that Congress is grappling with an internal crisis and that the chief minister “has differences” with his deputy Sachin Pilot.
Sachin Pilot’s entry into state policy was for the post of chief minister and a large part of the state’s population had voted for Congress while considering him the chief ministerial candidate, a said Mr. Poonia.
In Madhya Pradesh, he said that Jyotiraditya Scindia had left Congress after being insulted by the party’s high command and that more than two dozen state leaders had been neglected.
Satish Poonia said the chief minister slandered lawmakers by saying “the price of an MP”. “He released a political virus through his statements which is more dangerous than the coronavirus for the politics of Rajasthan,” he said.
Regarding the presentation of a second candidate in Rajya Sabha’s polls when he only had enough numbers to win a seat, Mr. Poonia asked “if it was an exception”.
He said that 51 top priority votes will be given to Rajendra Gehlot and the remaining 24 will go to the second candidate.
Three-seat Rajya Sabha elections will take place on July 19 in the state for which Congress has appointed KC Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi while the BJP has recruited Rajendra Gehlot and Onkar Singh Lakhawat.
In the 200 assembly, Congress has 107 deputies and has the support of independent deputies and legislators from other parties such as Rashtriya Lok Dal, CPI (M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP).
The ruling Congress has a majority more than enough to win two seats and the opposition BJP, which has 72 deputies and the support of three MLAS members of the Rashtriya Loktantrik party, has the figures to comfortably win a single seat .
Before the elections, Congress and other deputies who support the party were kept in a complex in Jaipur and allegations were made by the chief minister and other leaders that attempts were being made to poach deputies in order to to influence the elections of Rajya Sabha and to overthrow the state government like Madhya Pradesh.
The chief government whip of Rajasthan, Mahesh Joshi, has also filed complaints with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the State Police Special Operations Group (SOG) to request action on the matter.
