The Rajasthan High Court hearing the plea for disqualification of six BSP MLAs merged into Congress was adjourned on August 11 and will now be continued on Thursday i.e.; August 13.

Two separate pleas have been filed by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Madan Dilawar seeking disqualification of six BSP lawmakers, who had contested on the party symbol of BSP in 2018 Rajasthan assembly polls, but later merged with the ruling Congress government last September.

“Arguments did not complete today (Tuesday) and will continue on Thursday (August 13). The petitions filed by BSP and BJP are premature and have no basis. Earlier, the BSP didn’t make any objection before the Speaker related to the six lawmakers’ merger with the Congress government,” said Prateek Kasliwal, the counsel for Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi.

Ashish Sharma, who is Dilawar’s counsel, said the merger of BSP members of the Rajasthan legislative assembly (MLAs) with the ruling Congress was unconstitutional. “We presented our arguments to prove that the merger was in violation of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution, which deals with anti-defection,” said Sharma.

HC is hearing both the petitions concurrently.

Speaker Joshi had earlier upheld the merger and rejected the BJP’s plea seeking their disqualification on July 28.

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