In an important development, the party said that it is leaving Nagaur Lok Sabha for the RLP, whose chief and incumbent MLA Hanuman Beniwal is expected to contest from here.
Congress named Sharma from Jaipur, where he is known for his and his family’s long association with Congress as well as for being the Chairman and Chancellor of the private Suresh Gyan Vihar University (SGVU) in Jaipur.
Since then, both sides have made claims and counter claims over the validity of the Speaker's decision to reject the resignations. The matter was heard in the Rajasthan High Court on Friday by a bench of Justices Pankaj Bhandari and Bhuwan Goyal.
With the Jat-Dalit combination of Dotasra and Jully, the Congress party hopes to consolidate support from these communities in the Lok Sabha elections coming up later this year.