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The Congress also claimed that its government in Rajasthan was safe and would prove its majority on the floor of the house when the assembly meets on August 14.

The chief minister has kept eight departments with himself, including finance, home, tourism, excise and taxation and public works.

Manish Tewari's public remarks came a day after some MPs called for introspection within the party and ascertaining as to whether the Congress is paying for the follies during the UPA tenure.

In his appeal, the Speaker said that high court's order is "ex-facie unconstitutional" and is a "direct intrusion" into the domain exclusively reserved for the Speaker under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.

His son Anupam Gehlot, however, reached the agency office in Delhi and was questioned about his business links with a company promoted by his family, Anupam Krishi.

Bhanwarlal Sharma, who is in the Sachin Pilot camp, moved the court alternatively demanding the transfer of the investigation into the case to the National Investigation Agency from the Special Operation Group of the Rajasthan police.

Gehlot had also written a letter to the prime minister a few weeks after Sachin Pilot was stripped of his position as deputy chief minister and Rajasthan Congress chief.

Railways made a profit of Rs 428 crore by running Shramik special trains during the lockdown that transported migrants to their native places, stated a report.

The development comes amid allegations by the Congress that the minister, a senior BJP leader from the state, is involved in a bid to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.

The CM's sample will soon be collected for testing for novel coronavirus, a senior health official said.

In June, six regional outfits formed an umbrella body called Anchalik Gana Morcha to take on the ruling BJP in the assembly polls next year.

Vikram Joshi, was attacked when he was returning from his sister's house along with his two daughters on a motorbike on Monday night. He suffered a bullet injury on his head after assailants opened fire at him near his residence.

Both the presiding officers inspected the chambers and galleries of both the Houses to take stock of the seating capacity when physical-distancing norms are followed.

The Rajasthan Police SOG (special operations group), which is probing the case, had earlier sent a notice to Shekhawat, asking him to give his voice sample and record his statement.

The Lucknow police has lodged an FIR against Patel along with three others in connection with the self-immolation bid by a woman from Amethi district and her daughter outside the chief minister's office on Friday.

Moily, in an interview to CNN-News18, denied that the party had neglected Sachin Pilot.