Over 50 Gehlot camp MLAs moved to Jaisalmer in chartered flights other followed him

JAISALMER/JAIPUR: Over 50 Congress MLAs within the Ashok Gehlot fold, who had been tenting at a lodge on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway amid the continuing political disaster in Rajasthan, had been on Friday shifted to Jaisalmer in three chartered flights. Transport Minister Pratap Singh stated in Jaipur the MLAs are being shifted to Jaisalmer in order that they continue to be united.

He stated the chief minister’s technique is that not a single MLA is poached.

The three chartered flights carrying the MLAs took off from right here and landed at Jaisalmer, a distance of greater than 550 km from Jaipur by street. The MLAs had been taken to lodge Suryagarh in bus and different automobiles amid tight safety.

“We are going to Jaisalmer for a change,” Congress MLA Prashant Bairwa stated on the Jaipur airport.

The remaining MLAs within the Gehlot camp are additionally being shifted to Jaisalmer.

The determination to maneuver the MLAs got here a day after Gehlot indicated he’ll search a confidence vote when the meeting convenes on August 14 and claimed the cash supplied to the MLAs to change sides had elevated sharply forward of the session.

The chief minister stated the rebels who haven’t accepted cash ought to return to the get together.

The MLAs have been staying on the Jaipur lodge since July 13 after Sachin Pilot and 18 different Congress legislators rebelled in opposition to the federal government, triggering a political disaster.