After an impasse lasting four days, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday allowed the State Cabinet’s demand for holding an Assembly session, while insisting that the government give a “clear notice” of 21 days for calling the House and provide a written undertaking that the agenda would include seeking a confidence vote to prove its majority.
“The government’s statements to the media have made it clear that it wants to move a confidence motion in the Assembly, but the Cabinet advice has not made any mention [of this],” Mr. Mishra said in a statement released by Raj Bhavan. This could be a basis for summoning the House on short notice, he said.
Fresh queries
Though he returned the Cabinet note seeking the Assembly sitting from July 31 with fresh queries for the second time, the Governor insisted that Raj Bhavan had “no intention” to not call the session and it only wanted to act as per the procedure laid down in the rules and regulations framed under the Constitution.
“There are clear provisions in Article 174. My advice falls within its ambit,” Mr Mishra said.
The file on the Cabinet note was sent to the Parliamentary Affairs Department with an advice to address three specific aspects of calling the House and giving a response to Raj Bhavan — provision of 21 days’ notice to enable all MLAs to attend the proceedings, video-recording and live telecast of the floor test, and precautions against the spread of COVID-19 during the sitting.
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