The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), which has two MLAs in the Rajasthan assembly, announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of support for the Ashok Gehlot-led congressional government in the state.
The BTP, which supported Gehlot during the political crisis and the Rajya Sabha polls earlier this year, was upset with the ruling party as it chose the BJP instead of him in the Zila Pramukh elections in Dungarpur.
BTP State President Velaram Ghoghra said: “We supported the ruling government during the political crisis and the Rajya Sabha polls, but they betrayed us in the Zila Pramukh elections. Congress joined BJP to prevent BTP from forming the Dungarpur board Zila Parishad; therefore, we have announced the withdrawal of support. ”
He said that during the crisis a 17-point memorandum was presented but that despite the guarantees it was not fulfilled. The MLA Congress made accusations of accepting a bribe of Rs 10 crore by BTP MLA to smear them.
He also alleged that the local leadership of the Congress party neglected him. Ghoghra said that the information on the withdrawal of support had been sent to the governor, the chief minister and the president of the assembly.
In Rajasthan’s 200-member assembly, Congress has 105 MLA, BJP-71, RLP-3, CPI (M) -2, BTP-2, RLD-1, and 13 legislators are independent and 3 seats are vacant.
Commenting on the development, Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas said that the entire BTP incident will be analyzed and if there are any misunderstandings it will be clarified. “We believe in respecting everyone and everyone will be taken together for the development of the state,” he said.
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