Sachin Pilot
The house has been adjourned till August 21.
Governor Kalraj Mishra had sought clarifications on six points from the state government, after Congress MLAs held a five-hour dharna on the lawns of the Raj Bhawan pressing for convening of the assembly.
While the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has just changed its health minister and is also preparing for bypolls, the two top Congress leaders in Rajasthan are fighting it out.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has told the party leadership that he has audio recordings of MLAs close to Sachin Pilot negotiating with the BJP.
Pilot's remarks come a day after the Congress sacked him as Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister and the party’s state unit president.
Cracking the whip on the rebel party leader, Congress also removed his loyalists Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena from the state cabinet.
As politicians speculated Pilot would join BJP, senior Congress leaders indicated that his potential exit from the party would be a big loss.
Senior Congress leaders have criticised the Kamal Nath government's move even as the party said it would not interfere with the decision.
In its poll manifesto, the Congress had promised better facilities to ensure cows are looked after well.
13 cabinet and 10 ministers of state were also allocated portfolios.