The Rajasthan political crisis is getting murkier by day, with Gujarat becoming the ‘safe place’ for BJP MLAs. After Congress kept its MLAs holed up in Jaisalmer’s Suryagarh hotel, the BJP has now moved its 12 MLAs to Ahmedabad.
The party has asked others to be ready to move to Jaipur. The MLAs who have been moved are from Udaipur, Pali, Jalore and Sirohi.
Meanwhile, BJP Rajasthan President Satish Punia has said that the BJP MLAs are going for an excursion. "I'm very much aware of 12 BJP MLAs going for an excursion. Whenever BJP Legislature party meets, they all will be there as Rajasthan BJP is intact & united. Congress is spreading rumours about our MLAs with CM playing low-level politics," he told news agency ANI.
The Congress had shifted the MLAs backing Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to the Jaisalmer's Suryagarh hotel while accusing the BJP of the bid to topple its government in the state.
Amid political power tussle in Rajasthan, the state police on Friday clarified that it did not tap the phone number of any legislator, after a social media message alleged that at least six MLAs holed up in a Jaisalmer hotel have been put under surveillance.
Reacting to it, the state police in a statement said, "No unit of the Rajasthan Police did phone tapping of any MLA or MP, neither in the past nor in present." The state police said the allegations are "imaginary and false". "The Rajasthan Police always acts to prevent criminal activities and illegal taping is a criminal act," the statement said. The BJP had earlier accused the state government of illegal phone tapping after the Congress cited some audio clips allegedly unraveling the "plot" to topple its government in the state.
(Inputs from Agencies)
