Over 80 Congress MLAs in Rajasthan submit resignation letter to Assembly Speaker

Over 80 Congress MLAs in Rajasthan submitted their resignation letters to Assembly Speaker CP Joshi at his residence. If Ashok Gehlot is elected the next chief minister, the protest comes against Sachin Pilot's candidature to be the next chief minister. The MLAs Gehlot loyalists want a leader who had supported the government during the Pilot's rebellion in 2020.

All resignations were collected at Shanti Dhariwal's residence.

As per reports, Rahul Gandhi's camp has jumped to a firefight. MP KC Venugopal spoke to Mallikarjun Kharge, who will speak to Ashok Gehlot along with Rajasthan-in charge Ajay Maken. Sources have said that Gehlot told Venugopal that nothing is in his hands.

Sonia Gandhi wants Kharge and Maken to speak to every MLA in the party.

RLD, in alliance with the Congress, said that the party must decide who will succeed Gehlot as chief minister. We have not left any stone unturned in maintaining the alliance with respect to Rajasthan, nor will there be any changes in it today. If a new equation is formed after the election of the Congress president, then the decision regarding the post of chief minister in the state will have to be taken by the Congress, according to Rashtriya Lok Dal's Jayant Singh.

The 200 seat assembly has 107 MLAs, while the BJP has 70. The Rashtriya Lok Dal that supports Congress has one member, while the rest 14 are independent MLAs.

AAP and the BJP have taken digs at the Congress because of the fresh crisis. The BJP predicts that it will win the election next year.

BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said I had once told the Congress party leadership that Ajay Maken was not worthy of being in charge of a booth level committee. I have been vindicated again today. Satish Poonia, BJP chief in Rajasthan said trends have started coming in. Hail BJP. Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha said Congress is over and that Arvind Kejriwal is the alternative.