Rajasthan Congress Crisis News: MLAs won't tolerate traitors being rewarded, Gehlot camp tells Congress high command

Legislators and ministers loyal to Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot quit en masse on late Sunday ahead of a scheduled Congress legislature party meet in the state. The mass resignations sought to preempt the possibility of the Congress' high command from picking Gehlot's bête noire Sachin Pilot as the next chief minister. Meanwhile, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot met with AICC observers, including Maken to discuss future course of action. Stay with TOI for live updates --

21:15 (IST) Sep 25

Cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas has claimed 92 MLAs will resign

CM Gehlot should pay heed to the suggestions of MLAs, says Khachariyawas

21:13 (IST) Sep 25

Lodha said these MLAs will not attend the CLP

21:13 (IST) Sep 25

Independent MLA and CM advisor Sanyam Lodha said 83 MLAs will submit resignations to the Speaker CP Joshi

21:12 (IST) Sep 25

Bus carrying ministers and MLAs loyal to Gehlot has left minister Shanti Dhariwal's residence for the Speaker's residence

21:09 (IST) Sep 25

Team Gehlot vs Team Pilot as uncertainty builds over Rajasthan CM post

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21:09 (IST) Sep 25

Cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas has said, "MLAs are going to speaker CP Joshi's residence to submit resignations. MLAs are angry. They want Sonia Gandhi ji and Rahul Gandhi ji to listen to them and not pick the next Rajasthan CM from anyone among those who revolted against state's Congress government in 2020."

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21:07 (IST) Sep 25

Gehlot loyalists likely to resign as MLAs amid leadership tussle in Rajasthan

21:07 (IST) Sep 25

The meeting is also seen as an attempt to thwart the possibility of senior party leader Sachin Pilot being made the next chief minister.

21:07 (IST) Sep 25

Gehlot is expected to quit as the chief minister of Rajasthan if he wins the election to the post of the Congress national president, as the party has a 'one-man one-post' policy.

21:07 (IST) Sep 25

Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party meeting on Sunday evening, MLAs considered close to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met under the leadership of Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal in what is seen as a message to the high command to pick a Gehlot loyalist as his successor.

21:06 (IST) Sep 25

Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Ajay Maken, and Sachin Pilot arrive at the residence of CM Ashok Gehlot ahead of the CLP meeting