Sachin Pilot vs Gehlot in SC today

July 23, 2020 10:13

The Supreme Court will today hear Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi's petition against the high court order restraining him from conducting disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including Sachin Pilot, till Friday.

Seeking an interim stay on the Rajasthan high court's July 21 order, the plea said it was the duty of the top court to ensure that all constitutional authorities exercise their jurisdiction within the boundaries and respect their "respective 'lakshman rekha' as envisaged by the Constitution itself".

Ashok Gehlot is caught in a power tussle with Sachin Pilot, now sacked from his post as deputy chief minister. He said the alleged attempt to bring down the Congress government in the state insulted the people's mandate and was an open violation of constitutional values. He cited the examples of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, the two states where Congress lost power over the past year while alleging horse-trading of MLAs by the BJP.

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