Rajasthan Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Governor Returns Gehlot File Seeking Assembly Session, SC to Hear Speaker's Plea Challenging HC Order on Rebel MLAs

A petition can be filed by BSP on legislators' merger with Congress is also in Rajasthan High Court. BSP state president Bhagwan Singh Baba reaches the High Court and says, their merger is completely unconstitutional and a petition is being filed against them in the High Court.

HC to Hear BJP MLA's Plea Challenging Merger of BSP leaders in Cong | BJP MLA Madan Dilawar's petition will be heard in Rajasthan High Court today. In his petition, Dilawar challenged the merger of 6 MLAs of Bahujan Samaj Party with Congress. The petition said that BSP is a national party and the merger of MLAs cannot be done separately in Congress without merging the parties. Dilawar said that he had filed a petition before the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly four months ago for the merger of BSP MLAs but the speaker neither heard him nor gave notice and a few days before the speaker rejected the petition without any information.

Either HC or Guv Should Intervene in Matter: Satish Poonia | BSP General Secretary SC Misra has written to Governor Kalraj Mishra and Assembly Speaker CP Joshi that alleged merger of BSP-Congress is unconstitutional. Petition is pending before High Court too. A constitutional and legal situation has risen. Either the High Court should decide or the Governor should intervene in the matter, says Satish Poonia, Rajasthan BJP chief on BSP's whip to all its 6 Rajasthan MLAs to vote against Congress in the event of a floor test.

Raj Bhawan Returns Files, Seeks Additional Details From Govt | Rajasthan Raj Bhawan returns the files related to the convening of the Assembly Session, to Parliamentary Affairs Department of the state. Raj Bhawan also seeks some additional details from the state government. No decision has been taken yet on the Assembly Session, say sources.

Gehlot Sends Governor Revised Proposal for Assembly Session | Scrambling to save the Rajasthan government, the Ashok Gehlot-led cabinet has sent the governor a revised proposal for an assembly session on July 31 as the Congress backs its leader with a digital campaign and plans for nationwide protests to ramp up the pressure.

Not seeking a floor test in the assembly would be a major shift in stand as Gehlot had on Saturday said the plan was to have a floor test to prove the majority of Congress MLAs and allies are with him…

The Congress on Sunday accused the Rajasthan Governor of resorting to the "worst kind of obstruction of democracy" by raising "superficial and motivated" queries on Ashok Gehlot government's demand for convening a session of the state assembly. Gehlot, however, said the governor is an amiable, and tactful person who has great dignity for his office.

RECAP | The governor on Saturday night received a revised proposal from the state cabinet requesting that a session of the assembly be called on July 31, Raj Bhawan sources said on Sunday. The Congress has also gave a point to point rebuttal to the Governor, who had raised objections on the plea to convene a session of the state assembly.

CM Ashok Gehlot has once again sent a revised proposal to the Governor for calling a session of the assembly. Earlier, Gehlot had requested to call the assembly session but some objections had been raised by Governor Kalraj Mishra. Gehlot currently has the support of more than 100 MLAs and wants to avert a crisis on the government by proving a majority in the House at the earliest. But, the governor does not appear to be easily prepared for this. Constitutional debate continues. Experts believe that the Governor will have to accept the advice of the Cabinet in this matter.

 A senior Congress leader said the decision has been left to the Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly, who has moved the SC, and the party's legal eagles handling the matter. Abhishek Manu Singhvi cited Supreme Court judgements and several precedents including those of Rajasthan assembly with regard to the convening of the assembly session to assert that the Governor cannot act of his own and can only do so with the advice of the Cabinet.

The Congress has accused the Rajasthan Governor of resorting to the "worst kind of obstruction of democracy" by raising "superficial and motivated" queries on Ashok Gehlot government's demand for convening a session of the state assembly. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said his party wants a floor test in the state assembly and is "begging" for it. But the governor "was parroting his master's voice" and not convening the House at the behest of the central government, he alleged.

The governor asked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to submit again, with the clarifications, his recommendation for calling a session. A statement from the governor included queries on the free movement…

The Congress admitted that resentment had increased with the 'Rahul brigade' getting more importance in the party, they said. The sources said most of them showed rebellious attitude on losing their…

SC to Hear Speaker's Plea against HC Order Today | The Supreme Court will today resume hearing of the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi. Joshi had on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the high court order restraining him till July 24 from conducting disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, saying the "judiciary was never expected" to intervene in such matters resulting in "constitutional impasse". During its first hearing in the matter, the apex court had refused to put a stay on the high court proceedings and scheduled the matter for today.

Cong to Meet at Jaipur Hotel ahead of Digital Campain | Rajasthan Congress Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi says will hold a meeting at 11 am at Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur, before launching the nationwide Online Campaign "Speak Up for Democracy". Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and State Congress In-charge Avinash Pande will also be present in the meeting.

BSP Issues Whip to 6 MLAs to Vote against Cong | In a new twist to the unfolding political drama in Rajasthan, the BSP issued a whip to the six MLAs, who had left the party to join the Congress last year, to vote against the ruling party in the state in case of a trust motion in the Assembly. If the six MLAs voted against the party whip, they were liable for disqualification from the assembly, said BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Misra. He also said the BSP would intervene in the pending petition of disqualification before the Rajasthan High Court or file a separate writ petition.