Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday claimed that BJP attempted to topple his government in the state. He stated some Congress MLAs met Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan and right after meeting them, the legislators stated to him that they had been “ashamed to see Amit Shah as Home Minister.” “The BJP tried to make the government fall in Rajasthan. After meeting with Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan our MLAs told me that they were ashamed to see Amit Shah as Home Minister,” Gehlot stated.
The Rajasthan chief minister additional stated that there was a time when Sardar Patel was Home Minister and now it is Amit Shah. “They (BJP) were giving assurance that they have made five different governments fall and this will be the sixth one. BJP has been conspiring like this,” Ashok Gehlot was quoted as saying by ANI.
This is not the initial time Ashok Gehlot accused the BJP of conspiring with other people to topple his government in Rajasthan. This year in July, Gehlot had levelled the exact same charges against the BJP when some Congress leaders loyal to Sachin Pilot rebelled against the leadership accusing the chief minister of not listening to their grievances.
About 17 MLAs along with Sachin Pilot did not attend various meetings referred to as by chief minister Gehlot. Following this, the Congress removed Sachin from the post of PCC chief and Deputy CM post. The buzz was that Sachin could join the BJP. However, right after weeks of infighting, Congress managed to persuade Sachin to return to the celebration.
In the 200-member House, the Congress at present has one hundred MLAs though the BJP has just 73.