The trust vote marked an end of the month-long political crisis in the state.
The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan won a trust vote in the Assembly on Friday, ending a month-long political turmoil in the state, triggered by former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot’s revolt against the party. In his address at the Assembly session before the beginning of the vote, Gehlot had said that he will not let his government collapse at any cost, The Times of India reported. Gehlot repeated his accusation that the Bharatiya Janata Party had conspired to throw his government out of power. In a tweet after the session, Gehlot said that his government’s victory in the trust vote was a clear message to the forces trying to destabilise the Congress in Rajasthan. “Their [BJP’s] every tactic failed in Rajasthan,” he said. “It is the people’s unwavering trust in us and unity of our Congress MLAs that has brought this victory.” “The way BJP had conspired in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, they applied the same technique in Rajasthan,” Gehlot added. “But they have been exposed.” Pilot, meanwhile, said that the trust vote had put an end to all suspicions. “A roadmap has been prepared for all the issues that were being raised,” he said, according to ANI.
