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Rajasthan crisis highlights: 3 Ashok Gehlot loyalists get showcause notice

Sep 27, 2022 09:22 PM IST

The crisis intensified after a group of Congress MLAs - loyalists to Gehlot submitted their resignation to Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on Monday night.

Rajasthan political crisis: The political tussle in the state unfolded on Sunday amid the buzz over the likely successor of Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot - who was set to contest the Congress presidential polls next month. The crisis intensified after a group of Congress MLAs - loyalists to Gehlot submitted their resignation to Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on Monday night.

MLAs and Minister at CM Ashok Gehlot residence.
MLAs and Minister at CM Ashok Gehlot residence.

Gehlot and Shashi Tharoor have emerged as frontrunners in the race of presidential polls for the party, due in October. If elected, Gehlot would have to leave the CM chair under 'one man, one post' rule of the party.

Meanwhile, Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge will submit the report to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday around 12 noon about the developments in the state.

Follow all the updates here:

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  • Sep 27, 2022 06:05 PM IST

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  • Sep 27, 2022 05:31 PM IST

    Gehlot loyalists' meet wasn't for mounting pressure on high-command: Cong chief whip in Rajasthan

    Amid an ongoing political turmoil in the Congress in Rajasthan, the party's chief whip in the state, Mahesh Joshi, on Tuesday said a meeting of the MLAs loyal to chief minister Ashok Gehlot was not called to mount pressure on the party high-command.

    Joshi said this while reacting to All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer Ajay Maken's "indiscipline" remark for holding the meeting.

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  • Sep 27, 2022 05:14 PM IST

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  • Sep 27, 2022 04:56 PM IST

    Cong observers preparing report on Rajasthan developments, likely to submit to Sonia today evening 

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  • Sep 27, 2022 04:05 PM IST

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  • Sep 27, 2022 03:52 PM IST

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  • Sep 27, 2022 03:06 PM IST

    Madhusudan Mistry submits final list of delegates to Sonia Gandhi for party's president poll

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  • Sep 27, 2022 02:32 PM IST

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    Mistry also said a representative of Tharoor has informed his office that he will file a nomination for the post of president on September 30 at 11am.

  • Sep 27, 2022 02:30 PM IST

    Sachin Pilot dismisses reports claiming he spoke to Congress high command on Gehlot's CM position

    Congress leader Sachin Pilot dismissed the report claiming he has told the Congress high command that Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot should not remain CM if he decides to contest for the party president post.

  • Sep 27, 2022 02:08 PM IST

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  • Sep 27, 2022 01:34 PM IST

    Wait for high command's decision, says Pilot, reports ANI

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  • Sep 27, 2022 12:42 PM IST

    'Observers shouldn't be upset…': Gehlot loyalist MLA PS Khachariyawas

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  • Sep 27, 2022 12:18 PM IST

    Sonia Gandhi asked Cong observers for report on Rajasthan

    Earlier on Monday, Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge briefed party chief Sonia Gandhi about the developments. However, Sonia Gandhi asked Maken and Kharge, who were appointed observers for the legislature party meeting, to give a written report.

  • Sep 27, 2022 11:12 AM IST

    Congress brass holds hectic parleys to mitigate Rajasthan crisis

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  • Sep 27, 2022 10:14 AM IST

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  • Sep 27, 2022 09:17 AM IST

    Will not tolerate traitors being rewarded: Rajasthan Minister

    Rajasthan cabinet minister Shanti Dhariwal on Monday lashed out at Congress' state in-charge Ajay Maken alleging that he was part of a "conspiracy" to remove Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, reported news agency ANI. 

    “It was a 100 per cent conspiracy to remove the CM (Ashok Gehlot) and the general secretary incharge was a part of it. I am not talking about anyone else, no charge on Kharge but only the General Secretary incharge,” he said.

  • Sep 27, 2022 08:25 AM IST

    BJP maintains a close watch on Rajasthan

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  • Sep 27, 2022 07:26 AM IST

    Believe Cong brass will fulfil their commitment on Rajasthan CM post: Pilot camp

    Sachin Pilot and his team have decided not to “confront” MLAs close to chief minister Ashok Gehlot but “wait and watch” the decision of the party high command, as the standoff between the two factions over a new chief minister intensified on Monday, people familiar with the development said. Read more

  • Sep 27, 2022 06:56 AM IST

    In Congress, practice of hand-picking CM faces resistance for first time

    Congress lawmakers in Rajasthan (and chief minister Ashok Gehlot) have achieved what no other state unit of the party or powerful regional satrap could in the recent past. Read more here

  • Sep 27, 2022 06:28 AM IST

    Ajay Maken, Mallikarjun Kharge to submit written report to Sonia Gandhi today

    Congress leaders Ajay Maken and Mallikarjun Kharge will submit the report to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday around 12 noon about the developments in Rajasthan in wake of the political crisis in the state.

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