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Stand-off in Rajasthan eases as Governor Kalraj Mishra allows session

The governor said the Legislative Assembly rules mandated a 21-day notice to all MLAs

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot speaks to media outisde Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Friday.

Aditi PhadnisAgencies New Delhi
Deadlock over convening the Rajasthan Assembly ended late on Wednesday after Governor Kalraj Mishra summoned a session from August 14. 

This followed after days of stand-off between Mishra and Chief Minister (CM) Ashok Gehlot intensified after the governor turned down Gehlot’s request to hold an Assembly session on July 31. The CM then hunkered down for a fight to take the issue to the people. 

He held a Cabinet meeting and met the governor ‘to find out what he wants’ and proposed a new date for the assembly session: beginning 14 August. But from a legal and constitutional tussle, Gehlot is slowly

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