In a big twist in political developments in Rajasthan, over 90 MLAs of the Ashok Gehlot loyalists have threatened to resign. A mass resignation will bring down the strength of the house to 108 where the halfway mark will be at 55. The BJP has 70 MLAs
Jaipur, Sep. 25 (PTI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday said a one-line resolution stating all Congress legislators have full faith in the party president’s decision on his successor is likely to be passed during the Legislature Party meeting this evening. Gehlot said he had held different constitutional posts for 40 years and the new generation should get a chance now, in an indication that he was not averse to the party picking Sachin Pilot as his successor in the state. Meanwhile, many MLAs considered close to Chief Minister Gehlot met under the leadership of Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal, which is being seen as an attempt to put pressure on the party high command to pick a Gehlot loyalist as his successor. “I have said it earlier as well. No post is important to me. I am doing politics for last 50 years. I have remained on some constitutional post or other for 40 years. What more I can get and want. So, it is in my mind that the new generation should g