'Unfortunate That People Of Rajasthan Are Paying For Discord Within Congress': Former CM Vasundhara Raje

The BJP leader also said that the political slugfest is happening at a time when Covid-19 has claimed more than 500 lives and positive cases are close to 28,000.

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Jaipur: Speaking for the first time ever since Rajasthan embroiled in a political crisis, former state Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vasundhara Raje on Saturday said that it is the people of Rajasthan who are paying for the "discord within the Congress". Raje took to micro-blogging site Twitter and said, "it is unfortunate that the people of Rajasthan are paying for the discord within the Congress." The BJP leader also said that the political slugfest is happening at a time when Covid-19 has claimed more than 500 lives and positive cases are close to 28,000; at a time when the state is battling a locust attack; and at a time when "crime against women is at an all-time high".

#RajasthanFirst pic.twitter.com/tkOKWCi2Sz

— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) July 18, 2020

Since over a week now, Rajasthan is undergoing a political turmoil that has seen Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot revolt against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. While Congress has flayed the BJP for "hatching a conspiracy" to bring down the party's government in the desert state, the saffron party has alleged that Rajasthan is witnessing an "indirect emergency" due to Congress' internal rifts. Further in her post, Raje asked the Congress to think about the people of the state and said, "there is no point trying to drag the BJP and the BJP leaders names through the mud. It is the interest of the our people that must remain paramount." Earlier this week, Pilot was sacked as deputy Chief Minister and the President of the state unit of the party after he rebelled against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Pilot along with 18 other dissident MLAs are challenging the Congress move to disqualify them from the state assembly in Rajasthan High Court. The court will resume the hearing at 10 am on Monday and Speaker C P Joshi will not take any action on the disqualification notices till 5.30 pm on Tuesday.