Rajasthan crisis live updates: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claims support of 2 Bhartiya Tribal Party MLAs
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 18, 2020, 23:21:21 IST
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Rajasthan crisis live updates: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claims support of 2 Bhartiya Tribal Party MLAs

The tussle in Rajasthan Congress has now landed in court, with Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs challenging their disqualification by the Assembly Speaker. However, the matter, which was heard by a division bench of the Rajasthan HC, has been deferred till Monday. Stay with TOI for live updates
19:58 (IST) Jul 17
Rajasthan cops at Manesar resort
18:50 (IST) Jul 17
Rajasthan cops reach resort at Manesar where rebel Cong MLAs are staying
18:29 (IST) Jul 17
Rajasthan's lone CPM MLA Balwan Poonia pledges his support to Ashok Gehlot govt in the state, says any attempt to topple it will not succeed
17:24 (IST) Jul 17
Congress is doing all this to defame BJP, its clear the tussle is internal: Satish Poonia
17:20 (IST) Jul 17
Who gave the tape to Congress? What is its authencity?: Satish Poonia, Rajasthan BJP chief
16:56 (IST) Jul 17
Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi, representing the Pilot camp, completed their arguments today
16:55 (IST) Jul 17
There will be no action by the speaker till 5:30pm on Tuesday
16:51 (IST) Jul 17
Hearing on Sachin Pilot camp's plea against disqualification notices to continue on Monday, reports ANI
16:26 (IST) Jul 17
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat posts a cryptic tweet
15:54 (IST) Jul 17
"BJP rejects all the baseless allegations being levelled against the BJP leaders by Congress in Rajasthan. Actually, Congress is frustrated as it couldn't put its house in order," said Patra. "They want to blame BJP for their failures by using a manufactured audio clip," he added. BJP spokesperson's remark comes hours after Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala accused Union Cabinet minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Congress legislator Bhanwarlal Sharma of conspiring to topple the elected government in Rajasthan and subvert the voters' mandate.
14:47 (IST) Jul 17
Court breaks for lunch, hearing to continue
Senior lawyer NK Maloo opened the arguments for Cong chief whip Mahesh Joshi, Pilot camp lawyer Harish Salve argued next
14:00 (IST) Jul 17
Rajasthan Speaker expected to take up at 5pm Congress complaint seeking disqualification of Sachin Pilot, 18 other MLAs from assembly
13:54 (IST) Jul 17
'Acts outside the House are not violation of anti-defection law,' Congress dissident MLAs' advocate Harish Salve argues in Rajasthan HC
13:37 (IST) Jul 17
The Rajasthan Police registered two FIRs on Friday on a complaint lodged by the Congress over the alleged conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot government through horse trading of MLAs. ADG (ATS and SOG), Ashok Rathore, "Two FIRs have been registered under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 120-B (Conspiracy) to probe into horse trading of MLAs and alleged audio recordings that went viral on social media." He said Sanjay Jain, whose name surfaced in one of the audio recordings, was called for interrogation on Thursday and is being further questioned.
13:27 (IST) Jul 17
Rajasthan HC allows Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi's plea to be added as a respondent in the case
13:21 (IST) Jul 17
Rajasthan Chief Justice Indrajit Mahanty and Justice Prakash Gupta hearing petition filed by Sachin Pilot, 18 other Congress MLAs
13:15 (IST) Jul 17

BJP rejects all the baseless allegations being levelled against the BJP leaders by Congress in Rajasthan. Actually, Congress is frustrated as it couldn't put its house in order. They want to blame BJP for their failures by using a manufactured audio clip

Sambit Patra, BJP