CM Ashok Gehlot called on governor Kalraj Mishra on Wednesday. Their meeting set the stage for a resolution of the row (ANI)
JAIPUR: Blinking first in its battle of attrition with governor Kalraj Mishra over convening the Rajasthan assembly at short notice, the Ashok Gehlot government on Wednesday settled for a special House session from August 14 instead of July 31, as originally demanded, after Raj Bhavan returned three cabinet proposals in six days.
Governor Mishra accepted the cabinet’s revised proposal — its fourth — late in the evening and instructed the authorities to make arrangements for the special session with adequate protection against Covid-19.
State parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal told TOI, “We had sent our first proposal on July 23. Treating that as the starting point, we now meet the required notice period for the House to convene from August 14.”
Sources in Congress said all MLAs on CM Gehlot’s side would remain corralled in the Jaipur hotel, where they ha