BJP MLAs can come with us any time: Maharashtra Minister

State Minister and Congress leader Yashomati Thakur on Thursday hailed Maha Vikas Aghadi govt and accused BJP of horse-trading. She also said BJP should keep an eye on its 105 MLAs because it includes MLAs who changed sides.

Mumbai (Maharashtra):Exuberating confidence that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will complete its tenure, State Minister and Congress leader Yashomati Thakur on Thursday said that BJP MLAs changed sides and can come with them any time.

Maharashtra Minister for Women and Child Development on Thursday put out a video and said, "Maharashtra has given new formula to the country and our government will complete its full term. BJP should keep an eye on its 105 MLAs because it includes MLAs who changed sides. They are in contact with us and can come with us at any time."

"BJP should give away its horse-trading tactics. Opposition leaders of the state tour Maharashtra with people who have had relations with our party. So I want to say to them that in such a situation, do not try to do horse-trading, as more than half a dozen leaders of BJP are in contact with us. Lest the BJP break up in an attempt to break our government," she added.

The MVA government which is headed by Shiv Sena comprises of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress.

This comes at a time when the Congress party in Rajasthan is facing political upheaval. The Congress on Thursday released three audio clips purporting to be of "horse-trading" discussions, which it said, were being held between Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and an MLA of Sachin Pilot's camp, who were coordinating via a Jaipur resident.

Congress party on 14th July sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of Rajasthan's deputy chief minister and the party's state unit chief. Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, the party also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet.

ANI report