Merger of BSP MLAs with Congress: Rajasthan HC asks speaker to hear complaint filed by BJP MLA

24 Aug 2020 Evaluate

The Rajasthan High Court (HC) asked the state assembly speaker to decide on merit a writ petition filed by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar against the merger of six BSP MLAs with the ruling Congress.

The court asked the speaker to decide on the matter within three months. A single-judge bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal, while disposing of the writ petition filed by Dilawar, asked him to approach the assembly speaker. The court asked the speaker to decide the complaint, which was filed by Dilawar on March 16, afresh. A counsel for the speaker said, ‘The court disposed Madan Dilawar's writ petition and has asked the assembly speaker to conduct hearing in the complaint filed on March 16 and decide the matter on merit within three months’. Detailed order of the court is awaited.

The MLAs submitted an application for merger on September 16, 2019 and the Speaker issued an order on September 18, 2019. Challenging the merger, Dilawar had filed a petition before the speaker in March which was rejected on July 24.

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