The Supreme Court Thursday issued discover to Rajasthan Assembly Speaker, others on two separate pleas in opposition to the merger of all six BSP MLAs into the ruling Congress legislature celebration within the state.
A bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Okay M Joseph, within the proceedings performed by way of video conferencing, additionally issued notices to the Assembly secretary and all of the six MlAs who defected and merged with the Congress.
The courtroom’s choice got here on appeals by the BSP and BJP MLA Madan Dilawar in opposition to the Rajasthan High Court which had requested the Assembly Speaker to resolve on their disqualification inside three months.
On August 24, 2019, the High Court had put aside the order of the Speaker who allowed the six MLAs to hitch the Congress celebration. The HC order had cited that the go-ahead by Speaker CP Joshi doesn’t come underneath the class of ‘decision’ and put aside Dilawar’s plea urging the courtroom to declare the merger ‘illegal’.
Six MLAs – Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali, Deepchand Kheria, Lakhan Meena, Jogendra Awana, and Rajendra Gudha – elected on BSP ticket, had later merged their group with the Congress Legislature Party within the state Assembly. The MLAs submitted that they have been elected on a BSP ticket within the Rajasthan polls held on December 7, 2018. “Subsequently, all the six persons, being the entire Legislative Party of the BSP merged with the Legislature Party of the Indian National Congress, and the same came to be recognised by the Order of the Hon’ble Speaker…on 18.09.2019,” they acknowledged.
The merger was a lift to Ashok Gehlot-led state authorities because the tally of the Congress elevated to over 100 in the home of 200 MLAs.
(With inputs from PTI)
