Rajasthan Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Gehlot Camp MLAs Leave Fairmont Hotel in Bus, On Way to Airport to Move to Jaisalmer

Rajasthan Political Crisis LIVE Updates: Congress MLAs in support of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have left Fairmont Hotel in buses to reach the airport. They will be moved to Jaisalmer, ahead of the Assembly Session which is to take place on August 14. All MLAs have been asked to prepare their identification cards in advance, and they may be shifted to either Marriott Hotel or Suryagarh Resort, sources said. Ministers are expected to stay back and take over work. Two charter planes trips will transport all MLAs to Jaisalmer, who are to be taken to the airport in buses. The first charter plane will leave for Jaisalmer at 11.45am, the other 3.30pm. Jaisalmer police have been alerted of the developments ahead.

After a long series of back and forths, both Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Gehlot finally agreeing on a date when the Assembly will be convened – August 14.

On July 13, Congress had shifted its MLAs to Jaipur's Fairmont Hotel alleging a ploy by the BJP to topple the government by breaking away its lawmakers. Previously addressing the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting held on Thursday, Gehlot had told the MLAs that they would have to stay at the Hotel Fairmont in Jaipur till August 14.

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

Here are the LIVE Updates on the Rajasthan Political Crisis:

◐ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday indicated he will seek a confidence vote when the assembly convenes next fortnight and claimed that the money offered to the MLAs to switch sides had increased sharply ahead of the session. Gehlot claimed the money offered to MLAs to switch sides has increased sharply after the announcement of the assembly session date, up from Rs 10 crore as the "first installment" to whatever they asked.

Now, it is being asked how much do you want? This means that the rate has increased. Everyone knows who is doing the horse-trading.

◐ Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also accused Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati of acting at the behest of the BJP, referring to her party's petition in the high court challenging the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress last year.

◐ The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Speaker and six MLAs who contested elections on a Bahujan Samaj Party and then merged with the Congress. The court issued the notices while hearing a petition filed by the BSP against the merger of the MLAs into Rajasthan's ruling party.

◐ Sachin Pilot, who rebelled against the Ashok Gehlot government, congratulated Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday for taking charge as the Rajasthan Congress president, saying he expects the new chief will work without prejudice and treat with respect the workers with whose hard work the government has been formed.

Dotasra, who on Wednesday formally took over as the new chief of the Rajasthan Congress, was appointed to the post after Pilot was sacked as the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief and the deputy chief minister following accusations that he tried to topple the Congress government in the state as part of a "BJP conspiracy".