Amid a serious face-off with the Governor, the Congress government in Rajasthan on Saturday deliberated on a fresh proposal to convene a session of the State Assembly next week to enable Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to prove his majority on the floor of the House. Governor Kalraj Mishra had on Friday refused to give immediate approval to a similar proposal.
A State Cabinet meeting, presided over by Mr. Gehlot, decided that the government would make a fresh submission to the Governor for calling the Assembly session, while responding to his questions raised over the original proposal.
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In fresh communication to the Raj Bhavan, the Rajasthan cabinet conveyed that the Governor has no discretion in the matter and has to follow the advice of the Cabinet, The Hindu has learnt.
Citing previous Supreme Court rulings on the matter, the Gehlot cabinet is believed to have said the Government can neither question the period of convening an Assembly session, fix the procedures for the conduct of the session nor can it the agenda.
“The Cabinet met at 4 p.m. again and conveyed these points to the Raj Bhavan. We will wait for his response as we don’t want to escalate things,” a senior Congress leader said.
Mr Gehlot along with the MLAs supporting him had staged a five-hour-long si