JAIPUR/NEW DELHI: Congress MLAs on Monday holed themselves up in a resort near Jaipur after a legislature party meeting, where they expressed support for Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and only indirectly referred to Sachin Pilot, whose rebellion threatens his government.
A resolution adopted at the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting urged “strong disciplinary action” against any party office-bearer or CLP member who does anything to weaken the government or the party.
But the resolution stopped short of naming Pilot, who is deputy chief minister and also heads the state unit of the party.
Before the meeting, senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala adopted a conciliatory tone, saying Pilot and other MLAs could still attend the CLP meeting from which they had distanced themselves.
Sources said Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi were in touch with Pilot, upset since he was denied the Rajasthan chief minister’s post after the December 2018 assembly elections.
There was no official word on the number of MLAs who attended the Congress Legislature Party meetin