The Rajasthan High Court will deliver its verdict on Monday on the petitions filed by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar, along with BSP›s petition, against the merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congress.
On 6 August, the HC had issued notices to six BSP MLAs on petitions filed by the BSP and BJP MLA. The plea by BJP’s Dilawar sought to cancel merger of six BSP MLAs with the Congressled government in the state. The HC had ruled: “Notices have to be published in local newspapers in Barmer and Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer district officials have to ensure notices reach MLAs lodged in a resort.” On 17 August, a single-judge bench of Rajasthan HC will decide if the merger of these MLAs with Congress was unconstitutional or not.
BSP and BJP legislators had approached the division bench challenging the order of a single-judge bench that refused to stay the membership of the BSP turncoats. The single-judge bench had issued notices to the Speaker, Secretary of the Assembly and six MLAs on 30 July, asking them to submit replies by 11 August.
However, the court didn’t grant any interim stay on membership of turncoats even as the petitions sought a stay on their participation in the Assembly proceedings as Congress legislators.
The BSP MLAs who had merged with the Ashok Gehlot-led government are Sandeep Yadav (Tijara), Wajib Ali (Nagar), Joginder Singh Avana (Nadbai), Deepchand Kheria (Kishangarh Bas), Lakhan Meena (Karauli) and Rajendra Gudha (Udaipurwati).