New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a video tweeted on Sunday attempting to mobilize the people against the BJP, on the political crisis in Rajasthan since two weeks. Rahul Gandhi in his Hindia post using #SpeakUpForDemocracy urged the people to “Unite and raise our voice for Democracy”.

The Congress is going to plan a countrywide protest on Monday over the situation in Rajasthan, where the Ashok Gehlot government is struggling to survive. A protest will be held outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of President Ram Nath Kovind, said Congress party.

Congress has accused the BJP in the video of “Ripping up the constitution and demolishing democracy” while the whole country is fighting the Covid- 19. It has done the same in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress said. “We demand to immediately convene an assembly session which is within our constitutional rights,” the party said in the video. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has turned down one proposal to start an assembly session. A second one was submitted Sunday which he said he is examining.

The Congress Government in Rajasthan has been in deep crisis after his deputy Sachin Pilot turned rebel with a chunk of MLAs supporting him. The party has been unable to disqualify the rebels to bring down the majority mark in the assembly.

The Rajasthan High Court has been given temporary relief to Sachin Pilot from disqualification, which held that the Speaker cannot take any action until the larger constitutional question about his powers is decided. That question will be taken up Monday by the Supreme Court, which will also decide whether a court can interfere with the Speaker’s decisions.

The Congress is claiming that they are having 102 MLAs, out of 200 MLAs in the Assembly the magic figure to form the Government is 101, and only one MLA is simple majority to the Congress.  Sachin Pilot claims that he has the support of 30 MLAs, but so far, the evidence points to only 19. The BJP has 72 and including allies and Independents, it stands at 97.

If the court decides in favour of Sachin Pilot, the Congress can lose the second of the three governments it formed in the heartland states following the 2018 assembly elections. In March, it lost the Kamal Nath-led government in Madhya Pradesh after Jyothiraditya Scindia joined the BJP with 22 of his MLAs.