Rajya Sabha polls | Congress MLAs return to Jaipur
The HinduThe Congress and independent MLAs staying at a resort near Udaipur since June 2, 2022 returned here on Thursday, a day before the elections for four Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan, amid the indications of a close fight for one seat on which media baron Subhash Chandra is contesting as an Independent with the BJP’s support. Though five MLAs reportedly made a mistake in the mock polling, the BJP leaders affirmed that the legislators would remain careful during the actual polling process. 1996 incident Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot told reporters at the airport that the election results would “teach a lesson” to the BJP to ensure that the party did not make attempts for horse-trading in future. Meanwhile, a Vacation Bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday dismissed an application seeking a stay on the declaration of results of the Rajya Sabha polls till the disposal of writ petitions pertaining to disqualification of six MLAs who were elected on the Bahaujan Samaj Party ticket in the 2018 Assembly election and had later merged with the Congress.