"Do You Have Numbers?" Congress Says BJP "Buying-Selling" In Rajasthan

  • | Friday | 12th June, 2020

Democracy is being destroyed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah at a time the country is fighting coronavirus, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today, alleging attempts to topple his government by the BJP. "At this time, we have to decide who is distributing dard (pain) and who is distributing davaa (medicine)," Mr Gehlot said, addressing a press conference along with his Deputy Sachin Pilot and other Congress leaders in Jaipur. The Chief Minister said even when the world was battling the virus crisis, the BJP was busy bringing the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh down.

Jaipur/ New Delhi: Democracy is being destroyed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah at a time the country is fighting coronavirus, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said today, alleging attempts to topple his government by the BJP. "At this time, we have to decide who is distributing dard (pain) and who is distributing davaa (medicine)," Mr Gehlot said, addressing a press conference along with his Deputy Sachin Pilot and other Congress leaders in Jaipur.

The Chief Minister said even when the world was battling the virus crisis, the BJP was busy bringing the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh down. The Congress in Rajasthan has complained about "attempts to destabilise the government" and alleged that its MLAs and independent lawmakers supporting its government are being offered inducements to switch sides. Since last year, the Congress has lost power in two big states, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, after multiple defections led to the BJP taking power.

Turmoil in Rajasthan has peaked over elections to three Rajya Sabha seats on June 19. Sachin Pilot, the Deputy Chief Minister and Rajasthan Congress Chief, said the party had enough numbers to win two of the seats and no one is leaving the party. "We have the numbers to win both the Rajya Sabha seats. We have the support of independents. There should be no speculation that we don`t have numbers to win. Don`t mislead people. All MLAs are with us," Mr Pilot said, denying that his party was in crisis.


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