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Rajasthan crisis: Ashok Gehlot, MLAs squat at Raj Bhavan for early session

Submit letter of support of 102 MLAs, but governor not in a hurry; Pilot camp gets relief from HC

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Avinash Pandey, Ajay Maken

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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot along with senior Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala, Avinash Pandey and Ajay Maken outside a hotel in Jaipur | Photo: PTI

Archis Mohan New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Jul 25 2020 | 1:12 AM IST

The political theatre in Rajasthan moved from Jaipur’s Fairmont Hotel, where Congress legislators who support Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot are currently put up, to the lawns of Raj Bhavan on Friday.

Gehlot and 100 legislators drove to the Raj Bhavan and squatted on its lawns in the afternoon, demanding that Governor Kalraj Mishra call an Assembly session on Monday to allow the government to prove its majority on the floor of the House. He late in the evening handed over a letter of support of 102 MLAs (one was in the hospital) to Mishra and ended his protest.

The chief minister alleged

Topics : Ashok Gehlot Sachin Pilot Rajasthan Congress Rajasthan government Rajasthan High Court Supreme Court Indian National Congress Rajasthan Assembly Kalraj Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party BJP

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