Sachin 'Gehlot government's' pilot' in Rajasthan: Congress wins confidence vote

Amit Shah even saw the government in his dreams, no one's phone was tapped: Gehlot

(PTI) Jaipur, Ta. Friday, August 14, 2020

The Ashok Gehlot government won a vote of confidence in the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday. With this, the threat posed to the government by Sachin Pilot's revolt in the Congress in the state has been averted for the time being.

Sachin Pilot, who usually sits next to Gehlot as the assembly session begins on Friday, did not get a seat in the House. They were last seated on a chair in the gallery. As a result, the internal rift between the pilot and the Gehlot group is believed to remain unresolved despite Modi-led intervention.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal moved the no-confidence motion, which was passed by a voice vote. The Gehlot government's victory in the House was certain after the return of 19 dissident leaders led by Congress rebel leader Sachin Pilot.

During the discussion on the proposal, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot lashed out at the BJP, alleging that the BJP had hatched a conspiracy to overthrow his government. But no matter how hard he tries, I will not allow the government to be overthrown at any cost.

"Prime Minister Modi praises our state in Corona's fight," Gehlot added. But in the House, the BJP leader criticizes him. There was an order from your high command, so there was an attempt to break the government, but the whole country knows the truth. The whole country knows what you did in Arunachal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh.

Elected governments in the states are overthrown. Democracy in the country is in danger. There are only two people in power in this country, no one even asks a minister in Delhi. Amit Shah is seeing the government even in his dreams, but I will not allow the government to be overthrown.

The chief minister added that the governor should have called the house if the cabinet passed the proposal, but this time it did not happen. We have no complaints to the governor. There will be pressure on them, as a rule they cannot stop the file.

"We don't have any phone taps there," Gehlot said. You people won't worry. The BJP should discuss the economy, the Corona and the lockdown. Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, while targeting Ashok Gehlot's remarks against ousted Sachin Pilot from the post of Deputy Chief Minister, questioned how the pilots became 'useless' if a Congress government was formed after strengthening the party in the Opposition.

On the issue of keeping Gehlot's loyalists in the hotel for a month, he said that if your government was in the majority, it could have been proved earlier. The House was later adjourned until next Friday.

4 BJP MLAs turned off their phones and disappeared

Just after the vote on the no-confidence motion tabled by the Gehlot government, four BJP MLAs switched off their mobile phones and disappeared from the assembly. These MLAs include Kailash Meena, Gautam Meena, Gopichand Meena and Harendra Ninama. The four MLAs returned after the assembly proceedings were completed. BJP state president Satish Poonia said in this regard that one MLA's car had broken down and he had gone for repair, while the other three MLAs, when asked, replied that they were going home as they were tired of sitting in the assembly.

As long as I'm safe the government: Pilot

A strong soldier is sent to the border: Sachin Pilot

The pilot was seated in the last row, defending Congress for changing seats under the rule

Jaipur, Ta. 14

The issue was under discussion when Sachin Pilot's seat was changed when the Rajasthan Assembly met on Friday. In the assembly, Sachin Pilot mostly sat next to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, but on Friday, Pilot and his group of MLAs were seated on chairs placed in the gallery. It is suspected that the pilot group was deliberately isolated, according to sources.

"When I came to the House today, I saw that my seat was left behind," said Sachin Pilot, a former deputy chief minister in the assembly. I am sitting on the last bench. I come from Rajasthan, which is on the border of Pakistan. The strongest soldier is deployed on the border.

As long as I sit here, the government is safe. However, while explaining the change in Sachin Pilot's seat, the Congress said that the pilot's seat has been changed as per the rules. Pilot was earlier the Deputy Chief Minister so he was sitting next to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. But now he is not the Deputy Chief Minister.