Rajasthan crisis live updates: BSP asks 6 MLAs not to vote for Congress

"Discussions on the points raised by the governor with regard to calling the Assembly session were held in the meeting last night," a source said, adding that the Cabinet is likely to meet again on Saturday.

"Discussions over the points given by the governor with regards to calling the assembly sessions were held in the meeting," the sources said. The governor had earlier sought a reply on the six points from the state government, including about the reason to call a session of the assembly for a floor test.

As Rajasthan Congress MLAs sit on dharna demanding summoning of the Assembly, questions arise whether the Governor, in exercise of his powers under Article 174, could defy or delay in heeding to the advice rendered by council of ministers headed by chief minister Ashok Gehlot.

Rajasthan witnessed high political drama on Friday when CM Ashok Gehlot reached governor Kalraj Mishra’s official residence with more than 100 legislators, including independents. He met Mishra and insisted on convening the assembly session, which seems intended to prove his strength and force the hand of the rebels who are seeking protection from disqualification. The CM and MLAs stayed put for more than five hours from around 2.30pm to 7.35pm, and raised slogans for an assembly session as recommended by the state cabinet. Gehlot termed the protest a“Gandhian satyagraha”.

The governor posed the query in a six-point questionnaire entailing a note sent by the Raj Bhawan on Friday evening to the state government's Parliament Affairs Department, the Raj Bhawan said in a statement. In his note to the state government, Governor Mishra emphasized that “no one is above the Constitutional dignity and no pressure politics should be resorted to.” As per the statement, Mishra, detailing the circumstances in which the Raj Bhawan sent the missive to the state government, said, “The state government had submitted a letter to the Raj Bhawan on July 23 night for convening an assembly session at extremely short notice. The letter was examined on its merits and even legal and constitutional experts were consulted over it.”

Alleging that there was a clear "BJP conspiracy" to topple the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the governor must convene an assembly session so that the truth comes out before the country. The governor should convene a session of the Legislative Assembly so that the truth comes out before the country, he tweeted with the hashtag 'Arrogant BJP'.

The governor was reacting to a statement that CM Gehlot made earlier during the day. The CM said that he had requested the governor to call the assembly session on Monday, but there had been no word from the Raj Bhawan. If people of the state 'gherao' the Raj Bhawan over the issue, then the MLAs 'will not be responsible,' Gehlot said.

There is no justification provided for holding of the session at short notice nor any agenda has been proposed for the same. 21-day notice is required for the session to be called according to normal procedures: Rajasthan governor's Secretariat

On the night of July 23, the state government presented a paper to convene the session of the assembly at very short notice. The paper was analysed and legal experts were consulted over it. The date on which the Assembly session is to be convened is not mentioned in the Cabinet note and no approval has been given by the Cabinet for the same: Rajasthan governor's Secretariat