Should Rajasthan Issue Be Decided Legally? Congress Divided, Say Sources

New Delhi:

The Congress is split over pursuing the Rajasthan case legally within the Supreme Court, sources informed NDTV a day earlier than the court docket is anticipated to listen to the matter. A piece desires the Congress to tug its petition out of court docket and deal with the matter politically. These leaders, sources stated, really feel the disaster ought to be handled politically. Others are eager to maintain up the engagement in court docket.

Last week, after the insurgent camp led by Sachin Pilot went to the Rajasthan High Court and it gave a short lived aid to him, the Congress had filed a petition in Supreme Court difficult the order.

On Friday, the High court docket gave momentary safety to the Sachin Pilot camp, saying the Speaker can not take any motion towards them until the bigger constitutional query concerning the Speaker’s powers is set.

The prime court docket will hear the difficulty tomorrow.

The matter, nevertheless, is prone to intrude with the Congress technique to convene meeting as quickly as doable.

Governor Kalraj Mishra, who has turned down the Ashok Gehlot authorities’s first proposal to convene meeting, had listed it as one of many six causes for refusal.

“The issue of disqualification of some MLAs is pending with the High Court and the Supreme Court. The government has been asked to take note of the matter,” learn a communique from the Governor’s workplace on Friday.

Several key Congress leaders are actually of the opinion that the petition within the Supreme Court ought to now be withdrawn and the difficulty be pursued politically.

Mr Gehlot despatched a second proposal to the Governor right this moment, citing coronavirus because the agenda and citing July 31 because the date. There isn’t any phrase in it on flooring check.

Mr Gehlot maintains that some MLAs supporting him are being held hostage on the insurgent camp in Haryana’s Gurugram and as soon as the rebels are compelled to return to Jaipur for the meeting session, his numbers will rise additional.