Jaipur: Congress general secretary Avinash Pande on Monday claimed that many among the 19 rebel MLAs, led by ousted deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, was in the touch with the party leaders.
Pandey, also the party's state's in charge, said the Congress will use all available democratic means to resolve the current political deadlock in the state.
"We will use all the Gandhian weapons of democracy in a peaceful manner," Pande said at a press conference.
"As Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot indicated if the need arises, he along with all the people's representatives would plead before the President to protect the democracy," said Pande.
He also said it never happened in the last 70 years that a government having the majority and wanting to call a session is being stopped by the Governor on various pretexts.
Notably, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written to President Ram Nath Kovind and spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the current political situation in the state.
Gehlot had also written a letter to the prime minister on the matter a few days ago.
The chief minister told that he has spoken to the prime minister and apprised him of the current political situation in the state, a Congress leader said after a meeting at a hotel where MLAs are holed up following rebellion by Sachin Pilot against the Gehlot government.
Pilot has been stripped of his position as deputy chief minister and Rajasthan Congress chief.
The chief minister addressed MLAs at the meeting after a Prarthna Sabha. The meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders also.
(with PTI inputs)
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