Rajya Sabha polls | BJP wants to poach MLAs, backed Subhash Chandra without numbers, says Ashok Gehlot
The Hindu
The Rajasthan Chief Minister’s statement has come a day after media baron Subhash Chandra claimed that eight MLAs of the ruling Congress in the State may vote for him and asked former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot to cross sides.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot once again, on June 8, accused the BJP of the horse trading attempt ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls and asked why the party backed media baron Subhash Chandra's candidature when it lacked numbers to win the seat.
He alleged that Mr. Chandra filed his papers as the Opposition BJP's intention is to poach legislators of other parties ahead of the June 10 elections to four seats of the Rajya Sabha from the State.
Mr. Gehlot’s statement has come a day after Mr. Chandra claimed that eight MLAs of the ruling Congress in the State may vote for him and asked former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot to cross sides.
The Congress is set to win two Seats while the BJP is assured of one. Both parties need the support of Independent legislators and MLAs of other parties to win one more Seat.
Days after the Congress shifted its MLAs to an Udaipur hotel fearing horse trading, Mr. Gehlot said the party and its MLAs are united and all the three Congress candidates will win in the Rajya Sabha elections.
"We have the support of 126 MLAs for three Seats," he said referring to the support of legislators of other parties and Independents.
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