RS Elections 2022: Days Ahead Of Polls, BJP Shifts Its Rajasthan MLAs To Jaipur Resort

BJP has shifted its MLAs to a resort on the outskirts of Jaipur for a training camp. The MLAs will stay there and different sessions will be held

 New Delhi: Four days ahead of the Rajya Sabha Polls 2022, BJP on Monday shifted most of its Rajasthan MLAs to a resort for a training camp ahead of the June 10 elections for four Rajya Sabha seats from the state. The saffron party's action comes days after the Congress party sent their MLAs from Rajatashn and Harayan to a hotel amid fears of poaching. 

The BJP has shifted its MLAs to a resort on the outskirts of Jaipur for a training camp. The MLAs will stay there and different sessions will be held, party leaders said to PTI. 

According to the report, some MLAs have reached the resort at Jamdoli on the Jaipur-Agra highway on their own while others took the two buses provided for them at the party office in the city.

Nearly 60 MLAs had reached the resort on Monday evening. 

This is a training camp in which the MLAs will be given training on the Rajya Sabha elections, a party spokesperson said.

Senior leaders are expected to address sessions at the camp.

RLP Announces support to BJP

BJP's move comes even as the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) announced to support the saffron party-backed independent candidate Subhash Chandra.

RLP national convener and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal on Monday night announced to give support to Chandra, a media baron. The RLP, a former ally of the NDA, has three MLAs in the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly.

In a tweet, Beniwal said that the MLAs of his party will not give votes to BJP and Congress, and will cast votes in support of the independent candidate.

Ashok Gehlot Meets MLAs housed in a hotel in Udaipur

Meanwhile, in Udaipur, chief minister Ashok Gehlot took a meeting of the party and independent MLAs who are staying in a hotel and asked them to stay united to win three out of four seats of Rajya Sabha.

Congress sources told PTI that over  100 MLAs, including 12 of the 13 independents, are present in the hotel in Udaipur.

The Congress had shifted the MLAs to Udaipur on June 2, saying it fears horse-trading by the BJP.

The chief minister took a meeting of the MLAs and asked them to stay alert for any attempt of horse-trading by the BJP for the Rajya Sabha elections. He asked the MLAs to stay united, a source said.

All the three Congress candidates - Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala, and Pramod Tiwari -- were also present there. The BJP has nominated one candidate and is backing Chandra as an independent.