Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday evening met Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan and informed the measures taken by the State Government against the Covid- 19 pandemic.

This meeting lasted 45 minutes, said Governor’s office in a press note. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met the Governor hours after two MLAs of a regional party BTP will back the Government. These two MLAs withdrew support from the Government last week when Rajasthan Congress crisis start.

Earlier, Gehlot tweeted that the BTP MLAs have announced their support. “Both MLAs of the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) announced their support to the government after meeting their state executive officials and discussing with their demands”. The two MLAs had become an interesting sidelight in the political drama over Sachin Pilot’s revolt this week when they posted a video on social media, which went viral, alleging that they were chased by the police, stopped and virtually held hostage when they tried to leave state capital Jaipur.

Losing the two MLAs would have brought down numbers for the Chief Minister as the Congress struggled to keep its flock protected from Sachin Pilot’s rebel camp. The rebel camp had claimed that Pilot had 30 MLAs who were willing to walk with him if needed from the government in Rajasthan – a number enough to bring down the government of Gehlot. But he says he has 109 MLAs loyal to him.

BTP Chief Mahesh Bhai Vasava wrote to his MLAs on Monday saying the party should stay neutral in case of a floor test in the assembly. The MLAs were asked to skip any floor test altogether. The two legislators had then said they were with Ashok Gehlot. “There is some confusion. Right now we are with the government. But we will take a final decision after talking to our leaders,”