End Comes: Sachin Pilot now Ex Deputy Chief Minister

Jaipur/New Delhi: The Congress party in Rajasthan is now on the brink just before the three months the party has lost Madhya Pradesh. The rebel leader Sachin Pilot was holding the position of Deputy Chief Minister and now is removed from the party chief after he skipped two meetings of MLA’s despite the leadership reaching out to him many times.

Two more ministers who have joined Pilot in his revolt were also removed from their respective positions. Pilot along with his ministers was entrapped by the BJP to bring down Ashok Gehlot’s government, Congress said. Pilot demanded for the Chief Ministership is set to be next high-profile exit from the Congress after Jyotiraditya Scindia and will definitely a great loss to the Congress party.

Here are some of the biggest of this latest news:

1. Pilot Tweeted: The truth can be harassed but cannot be defeated. He later added “my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all of them who came and support me today. Ram Ram Sa!
   
2. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot held a cabinet meeting in the evening because of the slipping of the tally in to the red-zone. Congress has 100 MLA’s when three members left the camp this morning.
   
3. Before the rebellion of Sachin Pilot Congress has 107 MLA’s with the support of 13 independent and five members from the smaller parties. That number has now come down to 90 Congress MLA’s with seven independent members and three from the smaller party makes a total of 100 MLA’s to Congress. Pilot has 20 MLA’s on his side with 17 from the Congress and 3 from the independent legislatures.
   
4. Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) has two members as MLA in the Rajasthan assembly has now withdrawn support from the congress. One of its MLA, Rajkumar Roat posted a video alleging that the police is snatching the keys of his car when he was leaving Jaipur.
   
5. Congress has made several attempts to reach out to Mr. Pilot and many of the leaders said that, how things went was “sad”. Last night Congress leader Surjewala said that “the doors of Congress are always open for Pilot and the MLA’s. This is a disciplined party and they will be heard and solutions would be found.

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