Congress govt of Ashok Gehlot wins trust vote in Rajasthan assembly

The Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan won the motion of confidence by voice vote during the special Assembly session convened on FridayThe special session was adjourned for two hours when it got underway on Friday As soon as it started at 1 pm Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal moved a motion of confidence which was accepted by Speaker CP Joshi who allotted a threehour slot for debateAfter a lengthy debate the Gehlot government won the confident motion by voice vote The state Assembly has now been adjourned till August 21 The Gehlot government is now safe for at least six months as the Opposition cant move a noconfidence motion within the next six monthsIt may be mentioned here that on Thursday BJPs Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria had said that his party will move a noconfidence motion against the state government in the special Assembly session However the saffron party dropped the idea as soon as the Congress moved the motion of confidence on FridayThe Assembly session came a few days after the patch up between Gehlot and rebel party leader Sachin Pilot marking a happy ending to the over a monthlong political uncertainty in the statePilot was provided a new seating arrangement in the Assembly where his seat was shifted to the second row from the first row earlierDuring the debate when Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Singh Rathore was repeatedly taking his name former Deputy CM Pilot stood up and told the Speaker I was wondering that my seat has been shifted This looks like a border with the ruling government one side and the opposition on the other Those being sent to the borders are the strongest There may be bombardment at this border but we will be the armour and keep everything safeHe also said We had raised our concerns with a doctor Now all of us stand here unitedly after receiving treatmentPilot said that many facts will come to the fore in the coming days Whatever had to be said has already been said Now when we are in the House we will have to leave many things behind he saidEarlier Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dhariwal said that Amit Shah could not succeed in Rajasthan Rajendra Singh Rathore immediately objected to the reference to Union Minister ShahDhariwal then said that just as Akbar was taught a lesson by Maharana Pratap similarly the BJP was shown the door by the brave sons of Rajasthan who nullified their plans to topple the elected state governmentWe did not permit the BJP to recreate Goa or Madhya Pradesh in Rajasthan he saidKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever