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Till then, Bhawan, insisting they will emergency session of the insult to 8 crore people of the ‘status quo’, as exists today stay put till the Governor sum- Assembly. Rajasthan. The Governor must he Rajasthan High Court viz-a-viz impugned notices mons a session of the State Later, The Governor sec- call Assembly session so that Ton Friday ordered main- dated 14.07.2020, shall be Assembly. retariat said the Governor had the truth comes before the taining status quo on disqual- maintained,” the order stated. They ended their protest consulted legal experts on the country,” he said. ification notice issued by the “The writ petition has been after 9 pm after assurance that paper presented by the State The MLAs, led by Gehlot, State Assembly Speaker to 19 admitted and the court has the Governor will convene a Government on the night of arrived at Raj Bhawan in four dissident Congress MLAs, ordered for status quo on the session of the State Assembly as July 23, to convene the session buses from a hotel on the city including Sachin Pilot. notices dated July 14. The mat- recommended by the State of the Assembly at very short outskirts around 4pm where The bench, in its order, said ter will be heard in due course Cabinet. But after the MLAs notice. they have been camping for the the writ petition is maintain- now,” a counsel for the Speaker ended the dharna, the “There is no justification past few days. Before heading able and is admitted on the said. Governor wrote to Gehlot provided for holding of the ses- for the Raj Bhawan, Gehlot said ! # ground of three pleas of the The Speaker issued the about his “gherao” threat and sion at short notice nor any he had requested the Governor $% petitioners. notice to the MLAs on July 14 the Governor Secretariat stat- agenda has been proposed for on Thursday night to call a ses- “After completion of filing after the Congress complained ing that there is no justification the same. 21-day notice is sion of the Assembly on of pleadings of the parties and to him that the MLAs had provided for holding of the required for the session to be Monday, but the Governor had the intervenors, Counsel for the defied a whip to attend two leg- Session at short notice. called according to normal not heeded his request. $ parties shall be at liberty to file islature party meetings. In his brief letter to the procedures,” said Rajasthan Gehlot said the Governor an application for early hearing Continued on Page 11 Chief Minister, the Governor Governor’s Secretariat. is the constitutional head and said even before he could dis- It went on to say that the he could not have stopped the cuss the matter with experts State Government should Assembly session from taking %&R regarding Assembly session, ensure freedom and free move- place “without some pressure you (Gehlot) publically said ment of all the MLAs. There from the top”. !"# that if Raj Bhawan is was no mention of the MLAs “Why did he not decide on ./)0/1 The Congress also including Sachin Pilot. Sibal “gheraoed” then it is not your kept at Manesar in Haryana by Thursday? We’ve requested slammed Rajasthan Governor said the Rajasthan High Court Jaipur: For the first time since responsibility. Sachin Pilot. It also pointed out him again to make a decision he Congress on Friday Kalraj Mishra for not calling an passes status quo orders against Rajasthan plunged into a polit- “If you & your Home that the Cabinet note didn’t soon. People are waiting,” Tlaunched an unprecedent- Assembly session by accusing the Constitution bench judg- Jaipur: The Rajasthan BJP on ical crisis almost fortnight ago, Ministry can’t protect Guv then mention any specific date for Gehlot said, adding, “I am ed attack on judiciary for him of abdicating his consti- ment of the Supreme Court on Friday demanded the Centre to the state BJP has said rebel what about law & order in the convening the Assembly. sure that the Governor will not allegedly tying the hand of the tutional obligation and acting the power of the Assembly deploy the CRPF to maintain Congress leader Sachin Pilot State? What agency should be Senior Congress leader come under any pressure, he Rajasthan Assembly Speaker at the behest of the Central Speaker. law and order, reacting sharply could be the Chief Minister if contacted for Governor’s secu- Rahul Gandhi said the will make a decision. We hope for acting against the rebel Government. He also said may be to Congress MLAs staging a the situation allowed. Backing rity? I’ve never heard such Rajasthan Governor must call the Assembly session begins MLAs with senior party leader The party questioned the lawyers should take their robes “dharna” at Raj Bhawan. Pilot, BJP State president Satish statement from any CM. Is this an Assembly session to let the soon. So we are sitting here in and noted lawyer Kapil Sibal Rajasthan High Court’s order off since High Courts are no Incidentally, on December 4, Poonia, said, “If the situation not the beginning of a wrong Congress Government prove its protest. After he gives us a let- going to the extent of saying maintaining status quo on the longer bound by even the 1993, BJP MLAs had sat on allows, Sachin Pilot can become trend where MLAs protest at majority. He alleged that the ter we will decide the further what was the point in arguing disqualification notice issued Constitution bench judgments dharna on the lawns of the Raj the Chief Minister. In fact, he Raj Bhawan?,” the Governor BJP’s conspiracy to topple the course of action.” before the court if precedents by the State Assembly Speaker of the Supreme Court. Bhawan. Baliram Bhagat of has taken a big step with this wrote. Gehlot Government was clear. Continued on Page 11 are brazenly ignored. to 19 dissident Congress MLAs, Continued on Page 11 Congress was Governor. goal in mind.” ")* " ( )*+ , - & + ( $ # " ' # 34 ./)0/1 followed by Tamil Nadu with nine States with high active Maharashtra reported 9615 1,99,749 and Delhi with caseload and advised fresh cases and 278 deaths in the # ndia on Friday saw yet anoth- 1,28,389 cases. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, last 24 hours, taking the total Ier massive spike in coron- The number of coronavirus Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, number of cases to 3,57,117 ./)0/1 avirus cases taking the total well cases in India have doubled in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West including 1,99,967 recovered past 13 lakh mark. In the past nearly three weeks since July 2 Bengal and Assam to urgently patients and 13,132 deaths. hose suffering with mild- LO four days alone, the country has when the country crossed the ramp up testing, strictly Currently, there are 1,44,018 Tto-moderate Covid-19 added over 1.82 lakh cases. The six lakh-mark. The country’s implement containment plan, active cases in the State. symptoms can now look for- " country also overtook France Covid tally touched the 10 augment health infrastructure Continued on Page 11 ward to a comparatively cheap- M on Friday as the number of lakh-mark last Friday. Since and ensure effective clinical er drug with the country’s top deaths linked to virus crossed then, around three lakh new management. 1! 12! 13 drug regulator approving 30,961. The number of deaths infections have been reported. The Union Health Brinton Pharmaceuticals pro- in India is now the sixth-biggest The first phase of human with the first dose of the injec- Ministry said that in keeping !!2 )!5 posal to sell antiviral drug !" $ % behind the US, Brazil, Britain, clinical trial of India’s home- tion given to a man in his 30s. with the “Test Track Treat” 6 58 65!2 Favipiravir under the brand & % Mexico and Italy. made vaccine against coron- Cabinet Secretary Rajiv strategy, the States were advised name ‘Faviton’ at a maximum is given orally and thus is more '$ Maharashtra has the high- avirus, Covaxin, began at Gauba on Friday reviewed the to ramp up testing, with special Melbourne: Home-made retail price of 59 per tablet. convenient than medicines ( est number of cases at 3,57,117, AIIMS in Delhi on Friday, management of Covid-19 in focus on containment zones. cloth face masks may need a “To be available in 200 mg given through veins $ minimum of two layers, and tablets, the drug will be sold at In India, Favipiravir was ) O preferably three, to prevent a maximum retail price of 59 first approved by the regulato- O & ,5-66- 6,6,768889- R the dispersal of viral droplets per tablet,” Brinton ry authorities in June 2020 .