Rajasthan Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Dotasra Takes Over as PCC Chief; Pilot Wishes Speaker on B'day Amid Slugfest in Court

BSP Chief Mayawati: Rajasthan CM Has Unconstitutionally Merged Our MLAs With Congress | CNN News18

SK Singh Files Petition Against Rajasthan Governor | Another petition has been filed by one S K Singh against Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra in the state HC, alleging that a 'constitutional lockdown' was underway in Rajasthan, as the request for a state assembly session has not been conceded till now.

Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali, Deepchand Kheria, Lakhan Meena, Jogendra Awana and Rajendra Gudha contested and won the 2018 assembly elections on BSP tickets.

Kalraj Mishra Cancels 'At-home' Event | Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra, today cancellef the annual Independence Day "at-home" event due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the state, amid the continuing political slugfest.

Update | The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the Rajasthan High Court challenging the merger of six BSP MLAs with the ruling Congress in Rajasthan. Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali, Deepchand Kheria, Lakhan Meena, Jogendra Awana and Rajendra Gudha contested and won the 2018 assembly elections on BSP tickets.

Dotasra to be Crowned State Congress Chief in a While | Govind Singh Dotasra to be officially given the position of Rajasthan Congress Chief after Sachin Pilot's removal in a short while. CM Ashok Gehlot will be present at the ceremony.

The revised note was forwarded to the Raj Bhawan on Tuesday after approval from the Cabinet, said sources.

Similarity With Madhya Pradesh | As unprecedented drama unfolded in Rajasthan with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his loyalist MLAs staging a sit-in at the Raj Bhawan on Friday demanding that Governor Kalraj Mishra convene an assembly session urgently, it appears to be a re-run of the political stalemate witnessed in Madhya Pradesh in March amid a similar crisis involving the Kamal Nath-led government. Read more here.

Three MLAs of the Pilot camp said allegations by the opposition party about them being held hostage were baseless amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan.

Sachin Pilot Wishes CP Joshi on Birthday | Ex-deputy CM Sachin Pilot today wished Rajasthan Assembly speaker CP Joshi on his birthday, saying that he wished for his good health and long life. CP Joshi had previously 'disqualified' Pilot and his rebel MLA camp for not attending party sessions, a move which is currently under challenge in Rajasthan High Court.

Previously | Stepping up its attack on Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Congress Friday demanded his resignation as a Union minister, a day after a Jaipur court asked the Rajasthan Police to probe a complaint alleging his involvement in a credit society scam.

Previously: Congress Protests Across Rajasthan | The Congress staged demonstrations across Rajasthan on Saturday against what it called a BJP "conspiracy to topple" its government and to press for an Assembly session. Congress workers gathered in large numbers in Jaipur and district headquarters and raised slogans against the BJP and demanded that the governor convene a session of the Assembly. The Congress government is pushing for an Assembly session so that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot can prove his majority, following a revolt by Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs.

Kalraj Mishra, Veteran of Many Battles | Kite flying in Lucknow formally begins a day after Diwali. That is well after the cloud-laden ‘purvaiyya’ has run its course. And the westerly rushes in on cue to bid farewell to the retreating monsoons. In the autumn of 1997, the winds of change started to blow a bit early than expected. Just three weeks into office as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time, Kalyan Singh, who was then heading the BSP-BJP coalition government, was facing open criticism from its ally.Read more here.

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…

Rajasthan Political Crisis | Governor Agrees To Convene Assembly Session

Dotsara to Get Crowned as Rajasthan Congress Chief | Govind Singh Dotsara will be crowned the new Rajasthan Congress Chief today at 10am in Jaipur. CM Ashok Gehlot will be present at the event.

ED Summons Agrasen Gehlot to Delhi | The Enforcement Directorate has summoned CM Ashok Gehlot's brother, Agrasen Gehlot, to Delhi for questioning. He has been given 24 hours to appear.

A Recap | Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday declared open rebellion on July 13, claiming that he has the support of the 30 Congress MLAs and some independents in the state assembly.

One of the rebel Congress MLAs whose suspension of party membership was announced by the spokesperson Randeep Surjewala in a press conference in Jaipur on Thursday is Bhanwar Lal Sharma. As it happens, the name of the seven-time MLA from Sardarshahar, Churu, has often figured over the last three decades whenever attempts have been made to topple the state government. Read more here.

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has returned the cabinet recommendations for calling an assembly session twice in the Congress-ruled state.

ED Summons CM Gehlot's Brother Today for Questioning (3/3) | Officials said the agency seized a number of documents during the raids and Agrasain Gehlot will be confronted with these during his questioning. Some other people involved in the case are also understood to have been summoned by the probe agency.

ED Summons CM Gehlot's Brother Today for Questioning (2/3) | Agrasain Gehlot has been asked to depose before the investigating officer on Wednesday in Delhi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. On July 22, the central agency raided Agrasain Gehlot's premises in Jodhpur and a few other places in connection with the case filed under the criminal charges of PMLA.

ED Summons CM Gehlot's Brother Today for Questioning (1/3) | The Enforcement Directorate has directed Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's elder brother, Agrasain Gehlot, to appear before it on Wednesday in a case of alleged money laundering linked to exporting fertiliser, officials said on Tuesday.

Surjewala on Rajasthan Crisis | Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, again hit out at the BJP government, saying that a "great war is going on in the country - between faith and deceit; between Janta and Jaichand; between democracy and merchants; between truth and power." 

देश में महायुद्ध जारी है-

- विश्वास और छल के बीच
- जनता और जयचंदों के बीच
- लोकतंत्र और सौदागरों के बीच
- सत्य और सत्ता के बीच

सत्य-संविधान-लोकतंत्र-देशहित के इस महायुद्ध को लड़ेंगे और जीतेंगे।

विकल्प बहुत हैं बिखरने के लिये पर संकल्प एक ही पर्याप्त संवरने के लिये।#Rajasthan

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) July 28, 2020

The BSP on Sunday issued a whip to 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.

BSP Moves Against Gehlot | Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Tuesday came down heavily on the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, accusing them of merging six BSP MLAs with the Congress “unconstitutionally” and warning that she would approach the Supreme Court to teach the Grand Old Party a “lesson”.

BJP MLA Files 2 Fresh Pleas in HC against Speaker | Rajasthan BJP MLA Madan Dilawar on Tuesday filed two writ petitions challenging the assembly Speaker's decision to reject his complaint against the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress. Read more here.

Apart from the fact that Gehlot was the CM in both cases, there are many similarities in political developments that are unfolding in the state right now and what happened after the 2008 elections.

Cong Starts #GetWellSoonGovernor | The Congress on Tuesday started an online campaign #GetWellSoonGovernor as the party urged Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra to come out of his "oppressive thinking" and call the state assembly session without any delay. AICC general secretary Avinash Pande, in a series of tweets, accused the Governor of "bias" and "oppressive thinking" and wished that he recovers from it soon.

श्री कलराज मिश्र जी, जिनकी पहचान कुशल प्रशासक और राजनीतिक शुचिता का सम्मान करने वाले परिपक्व नेता के रूप में होती है, वह राजस्थान के महामहिम राज्यपाल के गरिमामय पद पर विराजमान हैं। उनकी छवि हमेशा एक आदर्शवादी, धर्म परायण नेता की रही है। (1/7)#GetWellSoonGovernor pic.twitter.com/H2Sy2FpxOQ

— Avinash Pande (@avinashpandeinc) July 28, 2020

Rebel Congress MLA Moves HC | Rebel Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma on Tuesday moved the Rajasthan High Court for quashing of an FIR lodged against him after the surfacing of some audio tapes in one of which he is allegedly heard talking to a Union minister for toppling the Gehlot government through horse-trading.