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People of Rajasthan paying for internal strife in Congress: Vasundhara Raje

Former Rajasthan CMP Vasundhara Raje said it was unfortunate that people of Rajasthan were paying the price for the internal squabbles in the ruling Congress party

Mayawati accuses Rajasthan CM of phone tapping, calls for President's Rule

Rajasthan Congress continues to remain in turmoil after simmering differences between Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot came out in the open

Rajasthan governor should recommend President's Rule, suggests Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Saturday said Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra should take cognisance of the instability in the state and recommend President's Rule. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, she said, had openly violated the Anti-Defection law and cheated the BSP for a second time by getting its MLAs included in the Congress. "And it is also evident he did an illegal and unconstitutional thing by phone tapping," Mayawati said in a series of tweets in Hindi. "The governor (of Rajasthan) must take cognisance of the political deadlock and instability prevailing in Rajasthan, and should recommend imposition of President's Rule in the state, so that the condition of democracy in the state does not deteriorate," she said.

Were phones of politicians tapped in Rajasthan? BJP demands CBI probe

Patra said senior Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Gehlot, have been claiming that these audio clips are authentic even though the FIR registered by police does not say so

BJP ally targets Vasundhara Raje over Rajasthan political crisis

Beniwal, a former BJP leader and Raje-baiter for a long time, claimed that there is an "internal understanding" between her and incumbent Chief Minister Gehlot.

Rajasthan HC to take up Sachin Pilot's plea against disqualification today

A division Bench was earlier expected to hear the petition at 7.30 pm but the matter was put off till 1 pm Friday.

Vasundhara Raje might have helped Ashok Gehlot's Congress govt survive

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party's Hanuman Beniwal alleged that former chief minister Vasundhara Raje (pictured) was trying to help the Ashok Gehlot-led "minority government" in Rajasthan survive.

What about 'ghar wapsi'? Sibal on Sachin Pilot's claim of not joining BJP

Pilot was sacked by the party as Rajasthan deputy chief minister and PCC chief after he openly revolted against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

Sachin Pilot's future is in Congress only: Senior leader Veerappa Moily

Former union minister and Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said that if at all there is a political future for Sachin Pilot it is in the Congress party

Rajasthan crisis: Former minister hits back over horse-trading charges

"Gehlot did not pay attention to our demands and maintained a dictatorial attitude," says Ramesh Meena

Not joining BJP, reiterates Pilot; Congress urges him to return to Jaipur

Speaking at a function held by the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), party leader Rahul Gandhi, who had earlier said Pilot was "always in my heart", was also dismissive.

Cornered for now, Sachin Pilot will be waiting for another chance to strike

He has an undeniable following in the party. But after being deputy chief minister, being an ordinary MLA will chafe.

Rajasthan political crisis: Gehlot says Pilot involved in horse trading

Pilot was removed from the posts of the Rajasthan deputy chief minister and the state Congress president on Tuesday amid a power tussle with Gehlot

Sachin Pilot, rebel MLAs face disqualification from Rajasthan Assembly

Sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and the other MLAs asked to respond to Speaker's notice by Friday

Shashi Tharoor, Priya Dutt disappointed at Sachin Pilot leaving Congress

Several Congress leaders, including Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor and former MP Priya Dutt expressed disappointment at the removal of Sachin Pilot from the posts in the party and from the Rajasthan Cabinet

State executive, depts of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee dissolved

All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and party in-charge for Rajasthan Avinash Pande dissolved all cells and departments of the state party unit

Rajasthan crisis: Congress grounds Sachin Pilot; Cabinet meeting today

The Congress now has just 100 MLAs, the half-way mark in the 200-member Assembly.

Speculation is rife in Congress about leaders who could join Pilot

Maharashtra Congress leader Milind Deora, who is not altogether happy with his current lot in the party, is also being spoken of as someone in touch with the Bharatiya Janata Party

Rajasthan ministry meets after Congress sacks Pilot, loyalists from party

Gehlot and the other ministers arrived there from the hotel where they were holed up amid the power tussle between Gehlot and Pilot

The rise of Govind Dotasara from grassroots to Rajasthan Congress chief

The three-time Congress MLA had contested the Lakshmanagarh pachayat samiti in 2005 before being given the party ticket for the assembly elections three years later