<p>Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday issued a whip to six MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly to vote against the Congress if Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sought a trust vote.</p>.<p>The six MLAs, who had won the December 2018 assembly elections under the BSP symbol, had joined Congress last year, giving Gehlot the much needed majority.</p>.<p>Congress had won 99 seats in the 200-member assembly, two short of a majority.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rajasthan-political-crisis-live-neither-congress-nor-bjp-want-assembly-to-be-dissolved-says-cm-ashok-gehlot-at-clp-meeting-860480.html">Follow updates on the Rajasthan political crisis here</a></strong></p>.<p>BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra, in a statement, said that since BSP was a national party, the legislature party at the state level cannot merge with any party unless the central leadership decided to do so.</p>.<p>Mishra said if the six MLAs voted against the party whip, they were liable to be disqualified from the assembly.</p>.<p>Mishra said the BSP would also intervene in the case in the Rajasthan High Court challenging the disqualification proceedings against rebel Congress MLAs.</p>
<p>Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday issued a whip to six MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly to vote against the Congress if Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sought a trust vote.</p>.<p>The six MLAs, who had won the December 2018 assembly elections under the BSP symbol, had joined Congress last year, giving Gehlot the much needed majority.</p>.<p>Congress had won 99 seats in the 200-member assembly, two short of a majority.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rajasthan-political-crisis-live-neither-congress-nor-bjp-want-assembly-to-be-dissolved-says-cm-ashok-gehlot-at-clp-meeting-860480.html">Follow updates on the Rajasthan political crisis here</a></strong></p>.<p>BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra, in a statement, said that since BSP was a national party, the legislature party at the state level cannot merge with any party unless the central leadership decided to do so.</p>.<p>Mishra said if the six MLAs voted against the party whip, they were liable to be disqualified from the assembly.</p>.<p>Mishra said the BSP would also intervene in the case in the Rajasthan High Court challenging the disqualification proceedings against rebel Congress MLAs.</p>
