BJP-backed Independent candidate Subhash Chandra on Tuesday claimed that eight Congress MLAs may vote for him in the Rajya Sabha polls and asked former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot to also cross sides.
This would be an opportunity for Pilot to avenge his "humiliation", the media baron told reporters.
Mr. Pilot had rebelled against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot two years ago, plunging the Congress government in the State into a crisis. Following the rebellion, Mr. Pilot was removed from the posts of the Deputy Chief Minister and the State Congress president.