The truce between the warring factions of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot was brokered after the central leadership agreed to address the grievances of the rebels and hear all sides. Ashok Gehlot, on his part, made reconciliatory gestures looking for a patch-up. Despite this, at the Congress Legislature Party meeting held at his house a day before the trust vote Gehlot observed that he would have managed even without the 19 rebel MLAs. Ashok Gehlot claimed that he had the support of all the independents plus the CPI(M) and BTP legislators and the lone member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal. In the Assembly, Sachin Pilot was allotted a seat near where the independents and the opposition were seated.

Source: The Hindu August 15, 2020 16:07 UTC