Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has demanded a Rajasthan Assembly Session. (File)
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra agreed to call the assembly session from August 14, ending a deadlock over it on Wednesday.
"The Rajasthan Governor has approved the Cabinet proposal to call the assembly session from August 14," a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said.
"He also gave verbal directions to make the necessary arrangements for the prevention of COVID-19 spread during the session," the spokesperson added.
Earlier in the day, the Rajasthan Governor had sent back Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's proposal demanding assembly session.
Mr Gehlot's government is facing a huge crisis following the rebellion of his former deputy Sachin Pilot and 18 MLAs loyal to him. Mr Gehlot claims he has the numbers but is currently engaged in a tussle with Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra over starting the assembly session.
Rebel Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma has moved the Rajasthan High Court for quashing of a case against him after audio tapes surfaced in one of which he is allegedly heard talking to a Union minister for toppling the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot-led government through horse-trading. The MLA, who is in Sachin Pilot camp, moved the court, alternatively demanding the transfer of the investigation into the case to the National Investigation Agency from the Special Operation Group of the Rajasthan police.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's elder brother Agrasain Gehlot has been asked to join investigation in an alleged money laundering case linked to the fertiliser export scam that took place between 2007 and 2009. The Congress questioned the timing of the raids, which took place seven years after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence detected the alleged scam.
Here are the LIVE Updates on Rajasthan Political Crisis:
No Rajasthan MLAs staying on our premises: Haryana hotels inform police
Two hotels in Haryana's Manesar have informed the Rajasthan Special Operations Group (SOG), which is probing the alleged horse-trading case that no MLAs were staying on their premises.
"Best Western Resort in Manesar, Gurugram was served a notice on 23rd July. The hotel administration informed that it is a COVID centre and no MLAs are staying there," SOG said in a press release.
"Similarly, information was sought from the administration of Heritage Village Hotel in Manesar, Gurugram. They also informed that no MLAs are staying there," SOG said.
Last week, the Rajasthan Police SOG said that its DSP Kamal Singh, who was sent to Manesar to get records in connection with the purported audio-tapes related to the alleged horse-trading, was stopped by the Haryana Police.
Rajasthan Assembly To Start From August 14, Orders GovernorGovernor Kalraj Mishra has said that the Rajasthan assembly session can be started from August 14. A notice from his office said the Governor has "approved the proposal to start the fifth session of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from August 14, sent by the Cabinet".
The notice came after days of stand-off between the Governor and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the matter.
Just In: Rajasthan Assembly to start from August 14, orders Governor
Rajasthan cabinet sends another proposal, seeks assembly session on August 14
The Ashok Gehlot Cabinet on Wednesday sent another proposal to the Governor for summoning the Rajasthan Assembly, saying a session should be called on August 14.
It was not immediately clear if this will end the impasse between the Congress government and the Governor, who has already returned proposals for calling a session three times since last week.
The Cabinet is counting the 21 days from July 23, when its first proposal was sent. But the latest proposal falls short if the notice period is counted from Wednesday.
While rejecting the government proposal earlier, Mr Mishra had said a session can be called at short notice if the agenda is to seek a vote of confidence. Otherwise, 21 days'' notice is needed, he said.
The state government was earlier insisting that the session should begin on July 31.
Rajasthan Speaker Challenges In Top Court An Order That Helped Team Pilot
Days after withdrawing a petition from the Supreme Court, Rajasthan Speaker went to the top court again, challenging the order of the High Court, which it said, is helping Congress rebel Sachin Pilot.
On July 24, the High Court had put a freeze on the disqualification petitions against 19 rebel MLAs, which included Mr Pilot.
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Rajasthan High Court hearing plea against merger of 6 BSP MLAs to Congress
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday began hearing a plea by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar, challenging the state assembly's Speaker decision to reject his complaint against the induction of six BSP MLAs to the Congress.
After giving a partial hearing to Mr Dilawar's plea questioning the Speaker's order to reject his complaint without issuing notice to him and letting him have his say, a bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal slated the petition for further hearing at 2 pm on Thursday.
While starting the hearing on the BJP MLA's plea, Justice Goyal also tagged with it a BSP petition challenging the Speaker's order allowing the merger of all its six MLAs to the Congress last September.
The judge said he would hear the two similar petitions together.
Mayawati's Party Approaches Rajasthan High Court Over Merger Of Its MLAs With Congress
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party today filed a writ petition in the Rajasthan High Court challenging the merger of six its party MLAs with the ruling Congress in the state.
Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali, Deepchand Kheria, Lakhan Meena, Jogendra Awana and Rajendra Gudha had won the 2018 assembly elections on BSP tickets. They defected to the Congress in September 2019.
BSP state president Bhagwan Singh Baba said, "We have today filed a writ petition in the high court against the merger of BSP MLAs with the Congress".
In Major Hint for Ashok Gehlot, Governor Cancels Big Event Citing Covid
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra, in a statement today cancelling the annual Independence Day "at-home" event over what he called a spurt in coronavirus cases, delivered a message that Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot will not like to hear.
The Governor said he was concerned about the "frightening" situation in the state and the rising active virus cases.
"When the assembly session was cancelled on March 13, then there were two cases. At the time the session was cancelled to fight the spread of the global pandemic," said Mr Mishra.
Rajasthan Governor sends back Ashok Gehlot's proposal on assembly session
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has sent back Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's proposal demanding assembly session again