Bharatiya Tribal Party hands over their letter of support to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot (ANI photo)
JAIPUR: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot met governor Kalraj Mishra on Saturday evening to submit a list of MLAs supporting him, raising the possibility of a brief assembly session next week for the government to seek a trust vote against the backdrop of the revolt by sacked deputy CM Sachin Pilot and 18 other legislators.
The meeting at Raj Bhavan lasted 45 minutes, during which Gehlot is understood to have proposed convening an assembly session by Wednesday. Congress insiders wouldn’t give numbers, but said the CM was confident of winning the trial of strength. “The assembly session will pave the way for stern action against Pilot and his band of rebel MLAs,” a senior party office-bearer said.
Parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal confirmed to TOI that Gehlot submitted a list of MLAs to the governor and that the figure was well above the majority mark of 101 in the 200-member assembly. Congress has 107 MLAs, 19 of whom constitute the rival Pilot camp.
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