The order came after the team Sachin filed a writ petition challenging the disqualification notices. The matter was taken up by the bench on July 17. The team argued that the party whip applies only when the assembly is in seat.

The Supreme Court today rejected the request of Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi to defer the disqualification proceedings till July 24. The supreme court further said that the “voice of dissent” in a democracy cannot be suppressed.

The bench, comprising Justices BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, said Joshi’s plea raises important questions and requires prolonged hearing. “We are not restraining the High Court from passing the order but it will be subject to the outcome of the petition (of Speaker) before the Supreme Court,” the bench said. The next hearing will be on July 27.

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“Rajasthan is the only state where no demand was raised to change the PCC president in seven years. We knew that nothing is happening here. We knew he is “nikamma” (worthless) and “nakara” (idle), still we did not question this in the interest of the party,” said Gehlot

He said no demand was ever put forth to change the PCC president, a post which Pilot held for the last seven years in Rajasthan.

He said Sachin plotted with BJP government to topple the Congress government in Rajasthan. Gehlot added that nobody ever thought a person of his stature will do such thing.

“He (Sachin Pilot) was conspiring from past six months with BJP’s support. Nobody believed me when I used to say that conspiracy is going on to topple government. Nobody knew that a person with such innocent face will do such thing. I’m not here to sell vegetables, I am CM,” said Gehlot.

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Dousing the rumours about joining Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Sachin Pilot clarified again that he won’t be joining BJP. “Some leaders in Rajasthan are trying to fuel speculation that I am joining BJP ,but I am not doing so. I have worked very hard to bring Congress back in government in Rajasthan. I will not join BJP,” he said to the media.

The statement came hours after BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told reporters that his party’s doors are open to anyone who express trust in its ideology.

The current crisis began on July 10 when Rajasthan police sent a notice to Mr Pilot, asking him to record his statement over an alleged attempt to bring down the government. Pilot supporters claimed that it was only meant to humiliate him.

Pilot and his supporters threatened to leave the party and for his actions he was removed from the posts of Deputy Chief Minister and as Congress Committee president.

Meanwhile, Congress on July 14 suspended Sanjay Jha from the party for defending Sachin Pilot. He appeared on one of the television channels and criticised Congress. After Pilot was removed as deputy CM and as state president, Jha tweeted , “For five years, Sachin Pilot gave his blood , tears and toil and sweat for Congress between 2013-18. Congress came back from a wretched 21 seats to 100. We just gave him a performance bonus. We are so meritocratic. We are so transparent.

For five years Sachin Pilot gave his blood , tears, toil and sweat for the Congress party between 2013-18. The Congress came back from a wretched 21 seats to 100.

We just gave him a performance bonus. We are so meritocratic. We are so transparent.

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) July 14, 2020

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The disciplinary action was taken after Sachin Pilot revolted against the party and skipped the Congress legislature meeting despite repeated attempts by its top leaders to convince him to end his dispute with chief minister Ashok Gehlot.

“We have given Sachin Pilot many opportunities. He has been an MP and MoS and a state party president. I am sad that Sachin Pilot and some of his colleagues have fallen for a trap laid by the BJP. This is unacceptable,” Said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.

Slamming Mr Pilot ,Rajastha CM Ashok Ghelot said to mediaperson, ” There is nothing in Sachin Pilot’s hands, it is the BJP which is running the show. BJP has arranged that resort and they are managing everything. The same team which worked in Madhya Pradesh is at work here.”

Meanwhile, in his first response to the public after being sacked, Sachin tweeted that ‘truth can be disturbed not defeated’. He also removed Congress mention from his Twitter account.

सत्य को परेशान किया जा सकता है पराजित नहीं।

— Sachin Pilot (@SachinPilot) July 14, 2020

Ashok Gehlot and the Congress unit in Rajasthan were less pacific towards Sachin Pilot and called for strict disciplinary action against anyone who indulges in activities against the Congress party.

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