The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear a petition by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar, along with transfer petition of the 6 BSP MLAs, who later merged with the Congress in Rajasthan. The six BSP MLAs have moved the Supreme Court to transfer a plea by Dilawar from the High Court to the top court.
Dilawar’s petition challenges the decision of the Rajasthan HC where it refused to stay the Speaker’s order which allowed six BSP MLAs to merge with the Congress in the Assembly.
Dilawar’s petition says, “Bahujan Samaj Party has not merged with Indian National Congress. Both remain to be separate political parties at the National Level as well as State level. Therefore, these MLAs cannot drive any benefit. Speaker had no jurisdiction to record a finding of so-called merger without giving a notice to the Bahujan Samaj Party and without holding an enquiry as to whether the Bahujan Samaj Party has actually merged in the Congress or not. The Speaker did not hold any proper enquiry to find out whether any actual merger of the BSP in the Congress has taken place or not.”
On 6 August, the Rajasthan High Court had issued notices to 6 BSP MLAs on petitions filed by BSP and BJP MLAs.