Before this, it is likely to wait for Pilot to write to the governor demanding the same, a BJP insider said. Party leaders maintain that the Gehlot government was in minority but were weighing options and keeping a close watch on developments in Congress.
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NEW DELHI: BJP, which claimed that it was just a spectator when political drama unfolded in Rajasthan Congress, on Tuesday held a meeting after Congress initiated disciplinary action against PCC chief and deputy CM Sachin Pilot. Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria, deputy leader Rajendra Rathore, state BJP president Satish Poonia and other seniors discussed party plans at the Jaipur meeting.
“We reviewed the current political situation in the state. We are clear that this government has to go and we would work in that direction. However we are not moving a no-confidence motion,” Poonia told ET, while insisting chief minister Ashok Gehlot should prove majority on the floor of the House before expanding his ministry.
The BJP leaders are in touch with its central leadership. “BJP always welcomes leaders who have a mass base,” Union minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat told journalists in Delhi, indicating the direction in which Pilot was headed. Rajasthan BJP will hold another meeting on Wednesday, which former CM Vasundhara Raje is expected to attend.
After consulting the central leadership, BJP may meet the state governor to request that he ask the CM to undergo a floor test. Before this, it is likely to wait for Pilot to write to the governor demanding the same, a BJP insider said. Party leaders maintain that the Gehlot government was in minority but were weighing options and keeping a close watch on developments in Congress. The leadership would like to see how many MLAs support Pilot.
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