Jaipur: The Rajasthan Rajya Sabha election, just a few hours away from now, has become as interesting as any other polls. Both the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are trying to outsmart each other to win one seat.
Earlier, Congress leader and chief whip of the cabinet Mahesh Joshi wrote to the office of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), saying that there might be horse-trading during the election.
After that, the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) has entered the electoral arena. The Congress and the BJP are accusing each other of indulging in horse-trading and both have shifted their MLAs to private hotels, fearing their poaching.
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The BJP also submitted a complaint to the EC and to the ED, demanding action to stop the use of black money in persuading the Congress MLAs and independents-allies who have been sent to hotels. They are the same MLAs as have been vocal against the Chief Minister and that they have been shifted to the same camp where the Congress MLAs have been kept, the party said.
The letter says that as the Congress lacks the magical number to win the third seat in the Rajya Sabha polls, it is adopting the “Saam, Daam, Dand and Bhed” policy. “The cases pending for years are being opened and challans are being made against the opposition MLAs, misusing the government agencies, which are intimidating them. The Chief Minister and the ministers of the Congress government of the state are working to influence and harass the legislators of the opposition, including the MLAs of independent and regional parties,” said the letter.
After this, on Tuesday night, the Congress leaders also became active and wrote a letter to the EC, accusing the BJP and Subhash Chandra of horse-trading. In the letter written to the EC on Tuesday night, Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasara and deputy chief whip Mahendra Chaudhary demanded action against the BJP and independent candidate for RS seat Subhash Chandra.
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The letter said, “Not a single independent has approved Subhash Chandra’s nomination form. All his 10 proposers are BJP MLAs so Chandra cannot win. BJP and Subhash Chandra are conspiring to win a Rajya Sabha seat forcibly via horse-trading using muscle and money power.” The party demanded action against the state BJP president and other leaders of the party.
