Raj guv asks Speaker: Want to move trust vote?

July 27, 2020 12:16

Count me in: Cong MLAs in Jaipur

Update on the Rajasthan drama: Governor Kalraj Mishra seeks clarification from the state govt over the proposal on the convening of the Assembly Session. He asked, "Do you want to move a Motion of Confidence? It's not mentioned in the proposal but you've been speaking about it in media. It will be difficult to call all the MLAs for the Assembly Session in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Can you consider giving a 21-day notice over the convening of Assembly Session?"

Meanwhile, the Bahujan Samaj Party has moved the Rajasthan High Court seeking to become a party in the petition by BJP against the merger of six BSP MLAs in the state with Congress party.

The Supreme Court allowed the Rajasthan Assembly Speaker on Monday to withdraw his appeal against the high court's order asking him to defer till July 24 the disqualification proceedings against sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and 18 dissident Congress MLAs.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Speaker C P Joshi, told a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra that the Rajasthan High Court had passed a fresh order on Friday and they were weighing the legal options.

While withdrawing the plea, Sibal told the bench, also comprising Justices B R Gavai and Krishna Murari, that the appeal had become infructuous as the apex court did not stay the earlier high court order passed last Tuesday asking the Speaker to defer the disqualification proceedings till Friday.

"The SLP (special leave petition) is withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh SLP and keeping all grounds open," advocate Sunil Fernandes, who also represents Joshi, said.

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