This comes a day after the Rajasthan Speaker sent notices to 19 MLAs including Sahin Pilot asking them to submit their response in two days by July 17. The Congress has sought their disqualification over anti-party activities.
Sachin Pilot was sacked as deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan on Tuesday. (File pic)
Congress MLA Prithviraj Meena on Thursday moved the High Court challenging state Assembly Speaker CP Joshi’s disqualification notice to 19 legislators considered loyal to former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot. Earlier, the hearing was scheduled at 3 pm today but it was adjourned after the petitioners sought more time to amend the petition. Speaking to ANI, Abhay Kumar Bhandari, lawyer presenting Mahesh Joshi-Congress Chief Whip, said next hearing will be held when they will file the amended petition. According to news agency, Sachin Pilot and 18 other Congress MLAs has sought quashing and setting aside of the show cause notice issued to them July 14 by Speaker CP Joshi.
This comes a day after the Rajasthan Speaker sent notices to 19 MLAs including Sahin Pilot asking them to submit their response in two days by July 17. The Congress has sought their disqualification over anti-party activities.
The Congress has accused Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs of conspiring with the Bharatiya Janata Party to topple its Rajasthan government headed by Ashok Gehlot. The chief minister too has levelled this charge against the rebel MLAs, who believed to have been camping in Manesar, Haryana.
The Congress has already sacked Sachin Pilot from the posts of Deputy CM and Rajasthan Congress President. Along with him, two ministers considered close to him were also removed from the ministry. The move came after Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs refused to join Congress Legislature Meet in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Sachin Pilot was sacked as deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan on Tuesday. (File pic)
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