A petition by Sachin Pilot and other rebel MLAs challenging disqualification notices by the Congress is being heard by the Rajasthan High Court. The rebels took the Congress to court yesterday arguing that "free speech" cannot be labelled as "anti-party activity". Ahead of the hearing, union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was accused by the Congress of conspiring with rebel MLAs against its government in Rajasthan. A police complaint was filed shortly after the Congress released what it claimed were transcripts of alleged audio conversations of deal-making between rebel MLAs and the BJP to try and dislodge the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan.
