Pilot has been acting in tandem, if not in connivance, with the BJP, though there can be a dispute regarding the endgame. Pilot made public his displeasure with Mr. Gehlot, the MLAs supporting him were rounded up in a resort in BJP-ruled Haryana. Raising a grievance within the party, whether with the central leadership or in the legislature party, did not need such a step. Pilot and 18 MLAs under the anti-defection law for defying the party whip and not attending legislature party meetings. That this is happening a second time in the midst of an advancing pandemic, a border conflict and an economic slowdown is beyond the pale.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2020 18:33 UTC