Rajasthan: We saved Ashok Gehlot govt but they didn't keep promises, says BTP

JAIPUR: The Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) has accused chief minister Ashok Gehlot of not fulfilling even a single promise that he had made when the party supported the government during the rebellion by Sachin Pilot last year.
At a press conference here on Saturday, BTP state president Vela Ram Ghogra said the Gehlot government had assured to fulfil 18 promises within six months, but a year-and-a-half later, they were not ready to even talk about the demands.
"Two of our MLAs stood by the government at a time when their own legislators tried to topple it. Gehlot had told everyone that he would not forget those who helped him in crisis. Our party had expected that they (Gehlot) would at least talk to us before the cabinet expansion, but he didn't bother to even give us a phone call," said Ghogra.
'Forging pacts with smaller parties'
Ghogra claimed that Gehlot agreed on fulfilling backlog in recruitments, changes in forest rights Act, reservation in TSP areas, ownership of tribals in mines, among others.
Disclosing the details of their future alliance, Ghogra said after being betrayed by the Congress, they were forging pacts with smaller parties like the AIMIM, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Rashtriya Loktanrik Party (RLP).
"Our national leaders will decide the alliance with AIMIM, but in the state, we have initiated talks with SDPI and RLP leaders. Our meeting with AAP will take place in December. In January, we will announce a major alliance to take on the communal and opportunist politics of the BJP and the Congress," said Ghogra.