Court accepts Pilot faction's appeal to add the central government as a party to the case that involves the legality of defection.
Apex court refuses to stay verdict on rebel MLAs' petition
The development comes amid allegations by the Congress that the minister is involved in a bid to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.
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Taking on the old guard, Bishnoi asked the Congress leadership to give other responsibilities to those who have been occupying high positions for 35 years and have never contested elections
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi however failed to get any interim relief on his plea alleging that the high court cannot interdict the disqualification proceedings
The Supreme Court questioned Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on the reasons for initiating disqualification proceedings against 19 dissident Congress MLAs, including Sachin Pilot
The development comes amid allegations by the Congress that the minister is involved in a bid to topple the Ashok Gehlot government
Lawyer says courts can only intervene when the Speaker takes a decision to suspend or disqualify a member of the House
C P Joshi is the slender thread that stands between a Congress and a BJP government
The central issue is: Can a Speaker have jurisdiction over the actions of MLAs outside the Legislative Assembly and when the Assembly is not in session?
Gehlot 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.
Bari MLA Giriraj Singh Malinga had recently claimed he was made that offer at Pilot's home, by the now sacked deputy chief minister himself
The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) is also scheduled to meet at 11 am
Shekhawat had earlier denied that he figured in the audio clip and declared he was open to a probe
According to lawyers who appeared before the court in the matter, the hearing will begin at 10:30 am on July 21
This comes days after Balwan Poonia, one of the two CPI(M) MLAs in the state assembly, pledged his support to Gehlot, who is embroiled in a power struggle with his former deputy Sachin Pilot
He said no demand was raised to change the PCC president, a post which Pilot held for the last seven years in Rajasthan
In Rajasthan, the Pilot vs Gehlot dispute remained the same, but despite this, the government did not fall from the contradiction, rather Gehlot reversed BJP's stance, said Shiv Sena
With minimal cost and effort, the party has exposed the irreparable split in the state Congress