A regional party with just two MLAs has withdrawn support from the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, which is trying to weather its worst crisis since 2018, sources said. The ruling Congress stands on the brink of a split in the state, with Gehlot’s deputy, Sachin Pilot, openly rebelling.
Mahesh Bhai Vasava, the chief of the Bharatiya Tribal Party, has written to his MLAs saying his party will remain neutral in case of a floor test in the assembly. The MLAs have been asked to remain absent during a floor test.
Pilot has claimed he has the support of 30 MLAs and that the government is now a minority. The Congress initially said it had the support of around 16 MLAs. On Monday evening, they revised the figure to 10 or 12.
