The Rajasthan High Court division bench, that was hearing a petition filed by former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot’s camp against the disqualification notices issued to them, directed the state Assembly Speaker not to take any action on the rebel MLAs before Tuesday 5.30 pm. The Speaker was expected to take up the matter at 5 pm on Friday.
The court said it would resume the hearing on July 20, 10 am.
The notices were served after the ruling party complained to the Speaker that the MLAs had defied a party whip to attend two Congress Legislature Party meetings, on Monday and Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Congress removed two of its MLAs from its primary membership for allegedly being involved in the conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.
