The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan shifted its MLAs on Monday to a camp in a hotel at Jamdoli, on the outskirts of Jaipur, for imparting training to them for polling in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The decision followed a similar move by the ruling Congress, which has sequestered its legislators in a resort near Udaipur.
The BJP, which has 71 members in the State Assembly, is set to win one seat, after which it will be left with 30 surplus votes. Besides fielding former Minister Ghanshyam Tiwari as its official candidate, the party has extended support to media baron Subhash Chandra, contesting as an Independent.
The BJP MLAs reached the party’s State headquarters at Sardar Patel Marg here, from where they were taken to the hotel in two buses. As many as 64 of the 71 legislators reached the training camp by late evening. Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and BJP’s State in-charge Arun Singh met them at the hotel.
