Rajya Sabha polls: Congress and BJP MLAs to move to Jaipur hotels

JAIPUR: In times of crisis, lawmakers are giving a shot in the arm to the bleeding tourism sector. While the ruling party has booked JW Marriot for its MLAs, the opposition party will check into Crown Plaza Hotel from Tuesday.
“All our party MLAs will gather at the BJP headquarters at 11am for registration, this will be followed by a meeting 12 noon onwards,” said Vimal Katiyar, media incharge, Rajasthan, BJP. At meet they will also be advised on following social distancing rules Sources said d that thereafter the MLAs along with senior party leaders will head to a hotel till the polling on June 19.
“Programs include a rehearsal on the voting pattern. The MLAs will be divided into two groups and the first 51 will vote for Rajya Sabha nominee Rajendra Gehlot while the remaining will vote for Onkan Singh Lakhawat. It will be followed by the senior party addresses,” said a source. Here three RLP MLAs will join the BJP lawmakers. Senior leaders like Murlidhar Rao, national general secretary of BJP will join the party MLAs soon. Meanwhile, former health minister Kalicharan Saraf has slammed CM Ashok Gehlot’s offer of 5,000 tests to the neighbouring states on Tuesday. “The Gehlot government has not able to meet its target of conducting 25,000 Covid-19 test and offering to others is beyond our comprehension,” said Saraf.