In Rajasthan, the ruling Congress party has written a letter to Special operation Group- SOG complaining of luring the MLAs for the Rajya Sabha elections and affecting voting. In the letter, Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi has expressed concern over the expected use of Black money and money laundering in Rajya Sabha election and demanding legal action against it. Earlier, Mr. Joshi had made a similar complaint in the Anti-Corruption Bureau.<br />''<br />'' Today, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other senior congress leaders addressed a press conference in Jaipur and accused BJP of luring legislators and conspiring. Several senior leaders including Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, state in-charge Avinash Pandey, Rajya Sabha election observer Randeep Surjewala were also present on the occasion. Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said that both the Congress candidates will win in the elections to be held on June 19th. <br />''<br />''In this case no one should be apprehensive and no kind of confusion should be spread. At the same time, the BJP reacted strongly to the allegations made by the Congress and said that Congress leaders should prove the allegations.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Addressing a press conference, BJP state president Satish Poonia said that the one and a half years of state governemnt's tenure has completely failed, hence the Congress is making such statements to divert attention from the real issues. Mr. Poonia said that the Congress is upset with the internal discord and more than two dozens of their MLAs are upset with the government's functioning.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | June 12, 2020 7:50 PM
Rajasthan: Congress party wries to SOG complaining of luring MLAs for RS Polls