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Following the resignations of three of its MLAs in the state ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on June 19, the Congress Saturday shifted its remaining 65 MLAs to three different resorts in the state in an attempt to thwart any more resignations that could further jeopardise the party’s tally here. In view of the restrictions pertaining to gatherings in the time of the Covid-19 outbreak, the party has divided its legislators in three groups confining them locally at resorts in Ambaji, Rajkot and Vadodar. While MLAs from North Gujarat have been shifted to Wild Winds Resort near Ambaji in the party-ruled state of Rajasthan, MLAs from Saurashtra have been shifted to former party MLA Indranil Rajyaguru’s Neel’s City Resort near Rajkot and those from South and Central Gujarat have been put up at Aries Riverside Farmhouse in Umeta near Vadodara.
Ahmedabad: Following the resignations of three of its MLAs in the state ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on June 19, the Congress Saturday shifted its remaining 65 MLAs to three different resorts in the state in an attempt to thwart any more resignations that could further jeopardise the party’s tally here.
In view of the restrictions pertaining to gatherings in the time of the Covid-19 outbreak, the party has divided its legislators in three groups confining them locally at resorts in Ambaji, Rajkot and Vadodara. While MLAs from North Gujarat have been shifted to Wild Winds Resort near Ambaji in the party-ruled state of Rajasthan, MLAs from Saurashtra have been shifted to former party MLA Indranil Rajyaguru’s Neel’s City Resort near Rajkot and those from South and Central Gujarat have been put up at Aries Riverside Farmhouse in Umeta near Vadodara.
Senior Congress leaders claimed that the decision to move the MLAs to “safe locations” was to keep them away from pressures from the BJP, which, according to the party, has been trying to “poach MLAs”. As many as two more MLAs are said to be on their way out, top leaders of the party said. While one of them is said to be an MLA from Central Gujarat, another is from Saurashtra.
A senior GPCC member told this newspaper, “We have had discussions with this young MLA from Central Gujarat and although he has communicated his displeasures to the party on previous occasions, the party has assured him of a resolution this time. We are trying to retain our flock. The reason why the MLAs have been taken to three different locations is because we do not trust the BJP-run government. They might use the Epidemic Act against the party to suppress us and pressurise our MLAs if we all gather at one place. Also, this arrangement helps us keep a close watch and have local discussions with the MLAs to understand the issues of those who are disgruntled.”
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