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Times Nation Clash at Sonia meet with RS MPs exposes Cong’s generational rift  Pages HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2020 hindustantimes 07 NEWS No pressure on Sonia meets party RS MPs, Gehlot slams BSP, says me, Constitution supreme: Raj guv old vs new debate rages on Press Trust of India Saubhadra Chatterji THE MEETING WITNESSED both Scindia and Pilot were n [email protected] and Sunetra Choudhury AN OVERWHELMING responsible for revival of the MLAs’ merger not illegal n [email protected] party in respective assembly NEW DELHI: “The Constitution is DEMAND BY PARTY elections -- others struck a more TUSSLE Says BSP creating ‘unnecessary fuss’ over MLA merger, Centre misusing central agencies supreme for me,” NEW DELHI: An intense old vs new, SENIORS TO BRING BACK balanced note, the people cited Governor Kalraj Mishra said on senior vs new, debate consumed above added. Sachin Saini decided to shift MLAs backing Thursday, and refuted allega- a large part of Congress presi- RAHUL GANDHI AS Abhishek Manu Singhvi, they n [email protected] Gehlot from Fairmont Hotel to tions that he had acted under dent ’s meeting CONGRESS PRESIDENT said, suggested a more demo- some place else on Friday, the central government’s pres- with the party’s Rajya Sabha cratic process to use young tal- JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister according to party leaders aware sure in the political tussle. MPs on Thursday, with Gandhi ents in the party. said on Thursday of the developments. Earlier in The Governor also asked the even mentioning the need a for a were given more than they Rajya Sabha leader of Opposi- money offered to legislators to the day, a Congress Legislature Gehlot government to make all mechanism to improve commu- deserved , they often betrayed tion Ghulam Nabi Azad and lead- switch sides has increased Party (CLP) meeting decided that efforts to check the spread of nication between the two sides. the party. ers such as Digvijay Singh, Shak- sharply after the announcement the MLAs will stay put at the coronavirus and focus on devel- The meeting witnessed an While Gandhi did not deliver a tisinh Gohil, Rajeev Satav and of the assembly session from hotel till the beginning of the opment work in the state. overwhelming demand by party speech according to people Neeraj Dangi led the demand for August 14. assembly session. The Gehlot In an interview to news seniors to bring back Rahul Gan- familiar with what happened at Rahul Gandhi’s return as Con- Speaking to reporters outside camp is believed to have the sup- agency PTI, Mishra, who on dhi as Congress president. The the meeting, she said: “Media gress President. According to the Fairmont Hotel on the out- port of 101 MLAs (though this Wednesday agreed with the MPs also decided to intensify the keeps mentioning that seniors one of the people cited above, skirts of Jaipur — where legisla- does not include speaker CP state Cabinet’s proposal to call fight against the Narendra Modi don’t listen to juniors. They almost every MP who spoke tors loyal to him are camping — n Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot (C) with Randeep Surjewala (L), state Joshi). an assembly session from government over the misman- should be taken along.’’ wanted Rahul Gandhi back as he also accused the Bahujan in-charge Avinash Pandey (2L), Ajay Maken (2R) and state Confident of its numbers in the August 14, said he has always agement of Covid-19 and the She also announced that she the party chief. Samaj Party (BSP) of creating president Govind Singh Dotasara (R) in Jaipur on Thursday. HT PHOTO assembly, the Congress party is directed the state government to economy, and the handling of the was forming a committee that Senior leader Digvijaya Singh “unnecessary fuss” over its six pushing for a floor test in the follow constitutional provisions India-China border clash at Gal- would sort out such communica- said he would not discuss what legislators merging with the Con- making statements under pres- “The CM allegations are base- assembly in the wake of a power in sending its request for con- wan. Some leaders suggested tion issues. happened “among Rajya Sabha gress in 2019. sure,” Gehlot said. less. The BSP chief had conveyed tussle between Gehlot and former vening a session. honest introspection of the In the past six months, the MPs” but both he and Akhilesh “Mayawati’s complaint is not Gehlot’s remarks came at a her annoyance twice as Gehlot deputy chief minister Sachin He had asked the state Cabi- party’s performance in elections Congress has lost Jyotiraditya Prasad Singh maintained that justified as all six MLAs joined time when ED has summoned his poached our MLAs. It’s not the Pilot, who is believed to have the net to follow the 21-day notice and pointed at lack of ideological Scindia to the BJP and now faces the party wants Rahul Gandhi the Congress. I believe she is brother, Agrasain Gehlot, to first time,” Baba said, referring to backing of 18 rebel Congress requirement to call a session clarity in many leaders. a rebellion by Sachin Pilot. Both back as president. making statements on the direc- appear before it in Delhi in con- the 2008 incident when, just like MLAs. while turning down its earlier But the first interaction Scindia and Pilot have been min- Sonia Gandhi was critical tions of the BJP (Bharatiya Jan- nection with its probe into alleged last year’s events, all six legisla- While Gehlot alleges that the three proposals before finally between Gandhi and the Rajya isters and have for long been about the role of governor s and ata Party),” Gehlot said. money laundering in the export tors of the BSP defected to the BJP is trying to dislodge his gov- agreeing to call the session. Sabha MPs saw some senior spoke off as the party’s next-gen said the BJP wants to finish off Gehlot also pointed to the law of fertilizers. Congress. ernment, the state’s opposition “The Constitution is supreme leaders including Ripun Bora leaders, but they found them- Indian democracy, a reference to allowing two-thirds of the mem- BSP state president Bhagwan Outside the Fairmont Hotel, party denies the charge. for a governor. There is no pres- and Akhilesh Prasad Singh criti- selves marginalised by party old- Rajasthan governor Kalraj bers of the legislature party to Singh Baba, however, argued Gehlot also said the “horse-trad- “The BJP has no involvement sure on me,” he said when asked cizing the promotion of “neta timers. Mishra, and mentioned how the join another political party or that the merger of the six MLAs ing rate” increased after the in this entire issue and it is the about the Congress’ charge putras” or dynasts of leaders in While some of the MPs at the country’s land laws and environ- form a separate party, stressing who won on the party ticket in assembly session from August 14 result of weak national leader- against him. the party. Some leaders alleged meeting questioned the ability of ment laws are being ignored and that the move by all six BSP 2018 was illegal, reiterating that a was announced by the governor ship,” party spokesperson Mishra, who was one of the that while these sons of leaders young leaders to win elections -- misused. MLAs to merge with the Congress national party cannot be merged on Wednesday night, pointing to Mukesh Pareek said, while also senior most BJP leaders and a is not illegal. at state level without the a “conspiracy”. pointing to infighting in the state former union minister before (1941-2020) He alleged that the Centre’s approval of party chief. “...Earlier, the first instalment unit of the Congress. being made governor, also ruling BJP is misusing the Cen- Mayawati has earlier said the was of Rs 10 crore and second was On the allegations of horse- expressed his anguish at the tral Bureau of Investigation BSP has decided to “teach a les- of Rs 15 crore. Now, it has become trading, he said Gehlot feels that protests by Congress legislators Bengal Cong chief Mitra dies at 78 (CBI), Enforcement Directorate son” to the Congress over the unlimited and all know who is his position is slipping and, inside Raj Bhawan, saying this (ED) and the income tax depart- “unconstitutional” merger. And doing horse-trading,” he said, hence, he is making “baseless was not an “appropriate” ment to “threaten all”. her party has approached the without naming anyone. allegations” to misguide the behaviour against somebody HT Correspondent Bengal Congress president

“Mayawati is also fearing and judiciary over the issue. Late at night, the Congress people. holding a constitutional post.. n [email protected] Somen Mitra. My deepest condolences to his family, fol- KOLKATA: West Bengal state lowers and well-wishers,” Congress president Somen tweeted chief minister Mitra died of kidney and Mamata Banerjee who left Raj HC issues notices to speaker, six BSP MLAs heart ailments at a private the Congress 22 years ago as a hospital early on Thursday. critic of Mitra and formed the Jaykishan Sharma on the maintainability of the THE HIGH COURT WAS tion the Congress has rejected. secretary Satish Mishra Garg He was 78 and is survived by Trinamool Congress (TMC). n n [email protected] petitions after which show Garg said the next hearing in appeared for the BSP, Harish his son Rohan Mitra, a state Somen Mitra “All my love and support to cause notices were issued to the HEARING THE PETITION the case would take place on Salve attended the hearing for youth Congress leader, and family and friends of Somen JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high Vidhan Sabha speaker, the sec- FILED BY BSP; MLAS August 11 by when the six BSP the BJP legislator. Both wife Sikha Mitra, a former outside the state assembly Mitra at this difficult time. court (HC) on Thursday issued retary of the Vidhan Sabha sec- MLAs — Sandeep Yadav appeared through video confer- legislator. where the body was taken, We will remember him with notices to the assembly speaker, retariat, and the six MLAs,” said ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR (Tijara), Wajib Ali (Nagar), encing. The death of the seven- his residence and at the Nim- love, fondness and respect,” secretary of assembly secretar- Dinesh Kumar Garg, lawyer for REPLIES BY AUGUST 11 Deepchand Kheria (Kisangarh The Congress argues that two time former legislator from tala crematorium. tweeted Rahul Gandhi. iat and six legislators, who won the BSP, which filed a petition Bas), LakhanMeena (Karauli) thirds of the members of a legis- Kolkata’s Sealdah constitu- Political leaders from BJP state president Dilip the 2018 elections on Bahujan on Wednesday. and Rajendra Gudha (Udaipur- lature party are eligible to join ency, where he was famous across the spectrum Ghosh said, “Mitra was the Samaj Party (BSP) tickets but BSP national general secre- saying the move by the MLAs wati) — assembly speaker CP another political party or form a for helping people in distress, mourned his death. face of the old political cul- later merged with the Congress, tary Satish Mishra and BJP law- was unconstitutional as neither Joshi and secretary of assembly separate party. It says that since shocked Congress work- “Saddened to hear about ture that was marked by on two petitions seeking the dis- maker Madan Dilawar filed a the state BSP nor the party at secretariat have been asked to all six BSP MLAs in the assem- ers.Hundreds assembled at the passing away of veteran decency, something we miss qualification of the MLAs. separate petition in the HC the national level had merged submit their replies. bly changed camps, the move is the state PCC headquarters, leader, former MP and West now.” “The arguments took place against the merger on Tuesday, with the Congress — a conten- While BSP national general not illegal.

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