Congress primary whip Mahesh Joshi also approached the court asking to be heard before it passes any order.

Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident leaders on Thursday moved the high court, challenging the notifications from the Rajasthan Speaker over a Congress move to disqualify them from the state assembly.

Congress primary whip Mahesh Joshi, who had written to the Speaker seeking the MLAs’ disqualification, also approached the court, asking to be heard prior to it passes any order.

The 19 MLAs were sent out notifications Tuesday by the Speaker after the Congress grumbled that they had actually defied a celebration whip to attend 2 Congress Legislature Celebration conferences.

Rajasthan Assembly's disqualification notice pasted outside the official residence of Viratnagar MLA Indraj Gujjar, who is one of the supporters of Sachin Pilot, in Jaipur on Wednesday

Rajasthan Assembly’s disqualification notification pasted outside the official house of Viratnagar MLA Indraj Gujjar, who i