Rajasthan MLAs from Gehlot camp watch 'Lagaan' at Fairmont Hotel; BJP takes jibe at Cong

Even as political mess in Rajasthan gets murkier after Home Ministry demands a report on alleged phone tapping and Vasundhara Raje distancing herself from alleged talks with Ashok Gehlot, MLAs holed up in Jaipur's Fairmont hotel were spotted watching Aamir Khan-starrer Lagaan. This comes a day after a video accessed by Republic TV showed that MLAs were attending cooking classes and watching Mughal-e-Azam.  Earlier, videos have shown that MLAs in Manesar are performing Yoga and relaxing at hotel's lawn. 

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As MLAs were spotted watching movies, BJP's Sambit Patra has taken a jibe at Congress and said that neglecting people of ir constituencies, MLAs are busy watching movies and learning how to make 'pizza, pasta'. 

Rajasthan political mess

A deadlock has begun in state with Sachin Pilot's silence on his furr plans and after Congress sacked him from Cabinet post. Rajasthan High Court on Friday adjourned plea filed by Pilot and his MLAs to Monday at 10 AM. Moreover, Rajasthan Speaker has assured court that action will be taken against MLAs till 5:30 pm on Tuesday. Pilot and his dissenting MLAs who are currently hold in hotels in Gurugram had challenged disqualification tice issued by Speaker.

On or side,  Rajasthan SOG produced audio clip which allegedly features businessman Sanjay Jain talking to MLAs about money transactions in a sessions court in Jaipur. Ashok Singh and Bharat Malani have also been arrested.  SOG team visited hotels in Haryana and issued a tice to 19 rebel MLAs to collect evidence in form of voice samples. Meanwhile, BJP has denied allegations and demanded CBI inquiry on alleged phone tapping. Furrmore, Ministry of Home Affairs, on Saturday, sought a report from Rajasthan’s Chief Secretary over phone tapping issue in state, as per ANI sources.

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Additionally, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, on Saturday, called upon Goverr Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan. In his , While Gehlot maintains that  45-minutes meeting was a customary visit, sources report that Gehlot has submitted a list of MLAs supporting his government - including Congress, BTP and Independent, after formally receiving support of 2 BTP MLAs.

political crisis in Rajasthan began after State's SOG issued tices to multiple MLAs including CM and Deputy CM in connection with alleged involvement of BJP leaders for toppling state government. Following incident, CM Ashok Gehlot accused BJP of attempting to topple his government amid COVID-19 crisis. A day later, on July 11, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot went to Delhi with some of his supporting legislators.

Sources said that he had a one-on-one meeting with senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel and had put out his grievances, while y also added that he met Jyotiraditya Scindia. reafter, Pilot and MLAs supporting him skipped two CLP meeting, following which Congress sacked him from cabinet post and issued disqualification tices.

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