PTI

Jaipur, September 26

Rajasthan minister Shanti Dhariwal on Monday launched a frontal assault on Congress’ state in-charge Ajay Maken, alleging that he was concerned in a conspiracy to take away Ashok Gehlot as chief minister and was canvassing for Sachin Pilot.

With the celebration’s bitter inner feud spilling into the open, Maken, who was despatched as a central observer, had earlier within the day criticised MLAs loyal to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for putting situations for the decision to be taken up within the legislature celebration assembly on deciding the following CM.

Maken had additionally stated holding a parallel assembly and never attending the official assembly of the legislature celebration is “indiscipline”.

Soon after Maken briefed Congress president Sonia Gandhi within the nationwide capital concerning the political developments within the state, Dhariwal, a key Gehlot-loyalist, known as a press convention at his residence right here and accused celebration common secretary Maken of appearing in a partisan method.

“My allegation against the general secretary and state in-charge (Maken) is that he was talking to the MLAs here in a partisan manner. For many days there were continuous reports that he used to ask for campaigning in favour of Sachin Pilot.

“He used to ask MLAs to join him (Pilot) and we have proof of this,” he alleged.

The minister additional stated, “We are soldiers of Sonia Gandhi. I have not been accused of indiscipline even once in the last 50 years.

“If the party general secretary and in-charge has come up with a mission to make such people (who rebel against the party) as the chief minister, then the MLAs were bound to be angry.” Party observers Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge Khargere returned to Delhi and briefed Sonia Gandhi after the failure to carry the legislature celebration assembly because of the revolt by the MLAs loyal to Gehlot.

On whether or not they suspected a “conspiracy” to take away Gehlot, Dhariwal advised reporters, “It was 100 per cent. And in this conspiracy general secretary (incharge) was involved.

“I am not saying for others. I am accusing the general secretary only. There is no allegation on Kharge sahib. He is an honest and unbiased person.”

The minister stated nobody is difficult Congress President Sonia Gandhi and whosoever she says would be the CM.

When requested why the MLAs didn’t attend the legislature celebration assembly, he stated, “As the MLAs were going to come to me, telephone calls were coming that first listen to us… .” The assembly of the Congress Legislature Party was to be held on the chief minister’s residence on Sunday night time to resolve on Gehlot’s successor.

But over 80 MLAs converged at Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dhariwal’s bungalow after which went to fulfill Speaker of the Assembly Dr. CP Joshi. They submitted their resignations to him, opposing any transfer to select Pilot as the following chief minister.

The CLP assembly was known as after Gehlot declared his candidature for the celebration president’s publish.