: Rajasthan: SC sends notice to Assembly Speaker on pleas against merger of BSP MLAs with Congress #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi and others,

Rajasthan: SC sends notice to Assembly Speaker on pleas against merger of BSP MLAs with Congress #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi and others, while hearing two separate pleas against the merger of six Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs into the ruling Congress Legislature Party in the state in 2019. Sandeep Yadav, Wajib Ali, Deepchand Kheria, Lakhan Meena, Jogendra Awana and Rajendra Gudha had won in elections to the Rajasthan Assembly in 2018 on BSP tickets. However, in September 2019, they joined the Congress. The merger was a boost to the Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government as the tally of the Congress increased to over 100 in the house of 200 MLAs.Following this, the BSP had challenged the merger in the Rajasthan High Court. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Madan Dilawar had also filed a plea against the merger. On August 24, the Rajasthan High Court set aside the order of the Speaker allowing the MLAs to join the Congress, saying that the decision was an administrative one, and not an adjudication on the merger claim. The court had also set aside the BJP leader’s plea urging the court to declare the merger illegal. The BSP and Dilawar then moved petitions against the High Court’s order in the Supreme Court.On Thursday, besides the Speaker, a two-judge bench of Justices S...Read more

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