Mayawati attaking Congress under BJP's Pressure, says Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday accused Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) of creating unnecessary confusion over its six MLAs merging with the Congress in the state and claimed that BSP boss Mayawati was acting under pressure from the BJP.
Ashok Gehlot said the BJP’s ‘misuse’ of the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and the Income tax department to threaten opposition leaders may have scared Mayawati.
His statement came hours after the Rajasthan high court issued notices to the Speaker, assembly secretary and the six MLAs, who had joined the Congress from BSP in September 2019.
The court issued the notices on a petition by the BSP seeking disqualification of these MLAs.
BSP state president Bhagwan Singh Baba said the merger of six MLAs was illegal as a national party cannot be merged at state level without the approval of the party chief.

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