GEHLOT SAYS WILL COMFORTABLY WIN ALL 3 SEATS IN RS ELECTIONS
JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday exuded confidence that his party – the Indian National Congress – will comfortably win the Rajya Sabha elections this year, and that it is the Bharatiya Janata Party who should “look after their house”.
“We are winning comfortably and it’s the BJP who should look after their house. The way they fielded another candidate (Independent candidate Subhash Chandra) was not liked by even their party MLAs. There is a reaction to this across the state… unnecessary elections were conducted, or else three were with Congress and one with BJP. No one likes such acts. They had done the same thing during the last Rajya Sabha elections, and faced defeat,” Gehlot told media persons after casting his vote. Polling for four Rajya Sabha seats began in the Rajasthan assembly at 9 am today, and the voting will continue till 4 pm. The counting will begin at 5 pm.
Gehlot reached the assembly a little before 9 am, followed by the buses carrying fellow Congress MLAs. The BJP MLAs too reached the assembly in two buses. Meanwhile, the BJP also maintained its claim of winning both seats. “We are still maintaining our claim. A miracle will happen when the results are announced in the evening,” said Vasudev Devnani, BJP MLA and a former minister.
Bahujan Samaj Party-turned Congress MLAs Rajendra Gudha, Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali also reached the assembly with the CM to cast their votes. “I was the second person to cast a vote after the chief minister,” Gudha told reporters.