Rajasthan: MLAs in relaxed mood as crisis ends

JAISALMER: After the Congress high command held talks with Sachin Pilot and ensured the Pilot group’s return to the the Congress, more than 100 Gehlot-camp MLAs stuck in a Jaisalmer hotel will finally get the freedom to return to Jaipur and take part in the assembly session that begins on August 14.
All ministers and MLAs will be taken back to Jaipur from Jaisalmer by chief minister Ashok Gehlot in four chartered flights from where the legislators will go back to their homes.For the first time after almost a month, the elected representatives are looking relaxed.
On Tuesday, a large number of them went to markets for shopping while others visited Tanot Mata temple to offer prayers. Another group visited tourist spots in Jaisalmer.
Chief minister Gehlot reached Jaisalmer around 1pm on Tuesday in a special chartered flight. He was accompanied by minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Shanti Dhariwal, PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra, MLA Sanyam Lodha and Mahendra Choudhary. Gehjlot directly reached Suryagarh hotel where he had informal talks with the ministers and MLAs and informed them about the developments.
MLAs who went to Tanot Mata temple included Ashok Chandna, Parsadi Lal Meena, Udai Lal Anjana, MLA Prashant Bairwa, Vijaypal Singh, Danish Abrar, Sundar Darshan, Chetan Dudi, Gurmeet Singh Kunnar, Mahendra Vishnoi, Paan Chand and Rohit Bohra.
They said the Gehlot government had the blessings of Tanot Mata and development projects would soon start in full swing.
MLAs Krishna Punia, Reeta Chouhary, Zahida Begum and others went for shopping at khadi centre. Former municipal council chairman Ashok Tanwar and Panchayat Samiti Pradhan Amardeen felicitated these women MLAs with shawl and presented them memento.
Some of the legislators visited tourist spots. Cabinet minister BD Kalla and other MLAs boarded a bus and went to Kuldhara, Khaba and other places including Amarsagar, Badabagh etc. while many went to Sam sand dunes.