Rajasthan political crisis live updates: Mayawati under pressure from CBI and ED, says Gehlot

The legislators will stay in Jaisalmer until the assembly session begins on August 14 even as the ministers remain in Jaipur to attend to their official duties. The new arrangement will be flexible, with the movement of ministers being permitted between the two cities on a rotation basis over the next fortnight.

Fearing poaching by its dissident group and the opposition BJP, Rajasthan Congress on Friday shifted its MLAs from a luxury hotel in the city, where they had been staying for the past 19 days, to another luxury resort in Jaisalmer. They were flown in three charter planes making five flights between 1pm and 6pm.

The legislators will stay in Jaisalmer until the assembly session begins on August 14 even as the ministers remain in Jaipur to attend to their official duties. The new arrangement will be flexible, with the movement of ministers being permitted between the two cities on a rotation basis over the next fortnight.

Sachin Pilot points to FIRs to skip CLP meet

He is understood to have pointed out that he and other MLAs with him ran the risk of vindictive action if they entered Rajasthan. “There are all sorts of FIRs, ranging from sedition to anti-terror laws being used. How can the MLAs be expected to attend?” a source in the Pilot camp asked. Read full story

If united, why Congress MLAs shifted to Jaisalmer, asks BJP Rajasthan chief

"All are united, there is no danger, there is democracy. If everything is fine then why is fortification required and who is for sale? Make their names public. Disbelief in the fortification too! After Jaisalmer from Jaipur, Pakistan is ahead," Poonia said in a tweet.

Rajasthan Assembly Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi approaches Supreme Court against July 24 order of Rajasthan High Court decision to defer disqualification proceedings against former deputy CM Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs.

Rajasthan police not allowed to enter Haryana hotels to deliver notices to dissident Cong MLAs

A team of Rajasthan police's Anti-Corruption Bureau was on Friday not allowed to enter three hotels in Haryana's Gurgaon and Manesar when they went there to serve notices to two Rajasthan Congress MLAs in a corruption case, a senior official said.

54 Gehlot camp MLAs on way to Jaisalmer, more to follow

Over 50 MLAs of the Ashok Gehlot camp, who were lodged in a hotel on the Jaipur- Delhi Highway amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, were being shifted to Jaisalmer on Friday, Congress sources said.Three chartered flights carrying 54 MLAs to Jaisalmer took off from here in the first round. The remaining legislators will go in the second round, the sources said.“We are going to Jaisalmer for a change,” Congress MLA Prashant Bairwa said.

Rajasthan Congress MLAs, supporting Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, leave from Fairmont Hotel for the airport.

The MLAs of the Ashok Gehlot camp, who have been staying at a hotel on the Jaipur- Delhi Highway amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, are being shifted to Jaisalmer. They are currently on their way to the Jaipur airport from where they all will be flown to Jaisalmer.

The MLAs of the Ashok Gehlot camp, who have been staying at a hotel on the Jaipur- Delhi Highway amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, will be shifted to Jaisalmer on Friday, Congress sources said.The MLAs will be shifted after the Congress Legislature Party meeting in the hotel, the sources said, adding, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will address the MLAs.

Rajasthan governor Kalraj Mishra spoke to Akhilesh Kumar Singh about the political crisis in the state and his delayed consent to convening the state assembly. The Rajasthan Governor was disappointed at the way a campaign was launched to sully the image of the Raj Bhawan. He said the state government should have exercised caution and refrained from making statements, which were damaging for the reputation of the governor’s office.

Rajasthan: Video of Speaker, CM's son goes viral, BJP demands Joshi to quit

A video of a conversation between Speaker C P Joshi and chief minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav has gone viral in which Joshi was heard talking about a close shave of the government. Read more

Amid the litany of allegations, legal battles and constitutional wrangling that has plunged Rajasthan politics into crisis, both CM Ashok Gehlot and his sacked deputy Sachin Pilot on Wednesday made overtures that appeared to leave a window open for a possible reconciliation.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot called those MLAs for floor test who were annoyed and said that as they won the elections on Congress sign and symbol, it is their duty to ensure that they stand with the party on the floor.

Making the latest taunt on rebel Sachin Pilot camp, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that horse-trading rates in Rajasthan have gone higher as new rates have been announced soon after the Assembly session date was finalised on Wednesday. "The rates of horse trading have increased after a new assembly session has been announced. Earlier, the first instalment was Rs 10 crore and second was Rs 15 crore for MLAs. However, now it's going unlimited and everyone knows who is involved in doing horse trading," he said adding that no one knows who all have collected the first instalment as well.

In the state assembly elections held in December 2018, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with 100 MLAs in the 200-member house and formed a government with support from its pre-poll alliance partner RLD that had one MLA.

With 19 MLAs under the now-sacked deputy CM Sachin Pilot revolting, the state’s Congress government appears in crisis.