NCP feud: SC to hear Sharad Pawar’s plea on rebel MLAs Oct 13
The Sharad Pawar group had filed petitions before the Speaker Narwekar seeking disqualification of 40 MLAs for anti-party.
The Sharad Pawar group had filed petitions before the Speaker Narwekar seeking disqualification of 40 MLAs for anti-party.
Arvind Sawant demanded rebel MLAs' disqualification along with the new Assembly Speaker, Rahul Narvekar.
Riding high on the success of a 'truce' between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and rebel leader Sachin Pilot, the Congress government is confident of winning the trust vote.
In a boost for the Ashok Gehlot government, the Supreme Court had on Thursday refused to grant any interim relief on a plea of a BJP MLA seeking a stay on the Rajasthan Speaker's decision that had allowed the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress last year.
The breakthrough, which had threatened the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in the state, followed after Pilot met top party leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi earlier on Monday.
The Chief Minister, who first wrote to Governor Kalraj Mishra requesting an assembly session from today and protested for five hours at his residence, the Raj Nivas, to push for it last Friday, submitted a fresh proposal on Sunday and listed Coronavirus and economy as the agenda for the special session.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday sent a fresh proposal to Governor Kalraj Mishra for convening the Assembly session, asking him him to start the session from July 31.
Meanwhile, CM Gehlot is likely to meet Governor Kalraj Mishra today to submit a fresh proposal for convening Assembly session
Congress MLAs on Friday staged a dharna at the Raj Bhavan, urging Mishra to give approval for calling a special Assembly session.
After Congress MLAs loyal to Gehlot on Friday held a five-hour sit-in at the Raj Bhawan to press for an assembly session, the governor assured that he will go by the constitutional provisions on summoning an assembly session.
