Camping in hotel, Rajasthan Congress legislators watch movie on Mahatma Gandhi, perform yoga

Cooped up in a hotel to ward off any bid for poaching or horse-trading by political rival ahead of June 19 Rajya Sabha election, Congress legislators on Sunday watched a movie on Mahatma Gandhi and performed yoga to unwind mselves, party leaders said.

legislators camping at hotel on outskirts of city put up a united face ahead of crucial election. Congress, which governs Rajasthan, has accused BJP of attempting horse-trading ahead of June 19 election, and has assembled its MLAs and legislators supporting party-led government in state in hotel.

BJP has, however, dismissed charge. Congress has fielded K C Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi as its candidates. numbers in state assembly suggest that Congress would win two seats in Rajya Sabha elections on June 19 and BJP one. But BJP has fielded two candidates, triggering charges that it was counting on horse-trading. Rajasthan Congress president and deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, who had gone to New Delhi on Saturday, had to stay back in capital due to personal reasons, party leaders said. Pilot was to return to Rajasthan on Sunday.