Sena attacks BJP over chaos in Rajasthan; asks if Sachin Pilot met saffron party netas

Hitting out at BJP amid political chaos in Rajasthan ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, Shiv Sena via its mouthpiece Saamana has said that saffron party is destabilizing government even during COVID-19 pandemic. Taunting on statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert 'pandemic into an opportunity', Sena said that his party is busy doing so by destabilising elected governments.  Accusing BJP of fall of Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, Sena questioned if Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan met BJP bigwigs in Delhi. Shiv Sena also said that BJP had attempted same in Maharashtra and made all efforts for disturbing CM Uddhav Thackeray's government.  

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"re are also rumors that Sachin Pilot met BJP bigwigs in Delhi, it may be wrong, but this is like warning bell for Congress camp."

It added: "BJP leaders tried to cash on to opportunity to topple government in Rajasthan. Congress Rajya Sabha from Gujarat were also hijacked by BJP. Similar efforts were made in Maharashtra also. Right w priority is to win battle against Coronavirus t topple opposition governments." 

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Political chaos in Rajasthan

Ahead of Rajya Sabha polls in Rajasthan, resort politics and horse-trading began. Currently, Congress has 107 MLAs in Rajasthan Assembly having a strength of 200 members. or members include 72 legislators from BJP, 13 Independents, three from  Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, two each from CPI(M) and Bhartiya Tribal Party and one from RLD. As each candidate requires 51 first preference votes to win, two Congress and one BJP candidates were expected to be elected upposed. However, BJP fielding two candidates- Rajendra Gehlot and Onkar Singh Lakhawat set off alarm bells in ruling Congress camp. 

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Congress on Wednesday charged BJP with attempts to destabilise Rajasthan government and CM Gehlot had claimed that some of party MLAs were offered Rs 25 crore each. reafter, Congress took all its MLAs to a Jaipur resort to prevent horse-trading ahead of Rajya Sabha polls on June 19. 

While, Deputy CM Pilot asserted that all MLAs of ruling coalition were united and would ensure a comfortable victory for two Congress candidates in upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, in a last-ditch attempt, Rajasthan chief whip Mahesh Joshi, wrote to state Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), alleging that certain 'anti-political' entities were involved in horse-trading of MLAs.

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