With Rajya Sabha Elections Near, Congress Ferries Its MLAs To Resorts
NDTV
Congress's Haryana MLAs are being flown to Raipur in Chattisgarh and in Rajasthan, the party is moving its MLAs and ally independents to Udaipur.
As the crucial Rajya Sabha elections approach, resort politics is back in Rajasthan and Haryana where the Congress now has to fix its maths and keep its flock together. Around 40 Rajasthan Congress MLAs and some Independents today left for a hotel in Udaipur ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on four seats. Wary of the possibility of cross-voting during the polling for two Rajya Sabha seats, the Congress has herded its Haryana MLAs to the party-ruled Chhattisgarh to protect them from poaching.
The Haryana MLAs are being flown to Raipur in Chattisgarh and in Rajasthan, the party is moving its MLAs and ally independents to the same Udaipur resort that hosted the party's chintan shivir or brainstorming session last month.
The party has decided to shift the MLAs to Udaipur fearing poaching by the BJP which, apart from fielding one official candidate, is backing media baron Subhash Chandra who has filed nomination as an Independent. Congress has fielded three candidates. Elections for four seats here will take place on June 10.
The MLAs boarded a luxury bus from the chief minister's residence in civil lines and left for Udaipur around 5 pm. The bus was escorted by a police team.
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