Gehlot sends Governor new note for Assembly session
Cabinet lists 6 Bills and COVID19 situation for discussion
The stalemate over holding a new session of the Rajasthan Assembly, where Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot could prove his majority, continued in Jaipur on Sunday after the State Cabinet sent a revised note to Governor Kalraj Mishra, urging him to convene the session from July 31. Mr. Mishra had raised objections to an earlier request made by the State government. The fresh proposal sent to the Raj Bhavan stated that a special discussion on the COVID19 pandemic would be held during the session in addition to the introduction of six Bills. The Cabinet note did not make a mention of the floor test aimed at proving the Congress government’s majority amid the turmoil created after a rebellion by the now sacked Deputy CM Sachin Pilot. Mr. Gehlot has held two Cabinet meetings and met his legislators multiple times since Friday to discuss the points raised by the Governor on the Cabinet’s previous advice to call the Assembly session. The revised note has reportedly answered the Governor’s six queries on the need for convening the session at a short notice.Raj Bhavan sources said the Governor was examining the new proposal sent by the State government through a senior officer of the Law Department. Mr. Mishra had earlier asked about the need for calling the session when the
government already had the majority as well as about free movement of MLAs and the disqualification matter pending in the Supreme Court.
‘It is clear who has the numbers’
The “superficial and motivated” queries posed by Rajasthan Governor’s office, intended to delay the floor test to prove the majority of the Gehlot government have let the “cat out of the bag” on who really has the numbers, the Congress said at a press meet on Sunday.
Cong. mounts social media campaign
The Congress ran a daylong a social media campaign, ‘Speak Up For Democracy’ aimed at putting pressure on the Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra to convene the Assembly to enable Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to prove his government’s majority
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