BJP demands Ashok Gehlot take floor test

NEW DELHI: Rejecting Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s claim that he enjoys majority in the face of rebellion by his deputy Sachin Pilot, BJP on Monday demanded a floor test, a line which has been taken by the Congress rebel’s camp too.
“Ashok Gehlot must immediately call for a floor test, prove his majority, save Rajasthan the drama and get on with the business of governance,” BJP media cell chief Amit Malviya tweeted soon after the CM claimed that he had majority.
“Congress leaders who were till last week pontificating on how to resolve the India-China issue are not able to resolve a simple dispute that has been festering for long between two warring individuals in their own party. Sonia Gandhi’s leadership has never looked weaker,” Malviya said.
At the same time, the Pilot camp questioned Gehlot’s claim of having majority and said it was to be proven on the floor of the assembly and not in the lawn of the CMO.
BJP and the Pilot camp may be on the same page over questioning Gehlot’s claim of majority but a formal alignment between the two still looks uncertain as the saffron party is still not sure about the numbers for government formation.
BJP is also not too enthusiastic about entering the fray openly as there seems to be differences among its state leaders on how to accommodate Pilot, who is the PCC chief and deputy CM. Top state leaders like former CM Vasundhara Raje have not uttered a word on the matter so far.
Party sources said they had not shut the doors on Pilot but he would have to decide on how to go about it with a concrete plan of action which should not be limited to toppling the Gehlot government but also lay out the contours of the next formation.