After the floor test on Tuesday, Rawat had refused to reveal the results but he and other Congress leaders flashed victory sign as they walked out of the Assembly. The official count of the votes will take place in the Supreme Court on Wednesday but that has not stopped the social media from having its word. “The clouds of uncertainty in Uttarakhand will finally shed”. An elated Rawat said that Congress got the vote of 33 of 61 MLAs, while only 28 MLAs voted for the BJP. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has two, while there are three independent MLAs and one belongs to Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P).
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The floor test, held in-camera amid tight security under the observation of Principal Secretary Jaydev Singh was video-graphed after President’s Rule was suspended for two hours from 1100 hrs, as directed by the Supreme Court. Their vote would be crucial for Rawat to win the test. The Speaker announced the disqualification of the MLAs only in the evening of the same day, that is, after the proclamation of President’s rule.
The Assembly has 70 elected MLAs and one nominated member.
Mr. Jaitley said the state Governor had, in his reports on the situation in the state, said there were serious doubts about the proceedings of the Assembly on March 18. The Lok Sabha, where the BJP is in majority, on Monday approved the Uttarakhand appropriation bill, amid protests by the Congress. All these states go to the polls next year.
Harish Rawat, who was on a political roller coaster for the last six weeks following the dismissal of his government, today returned a hero to occupy the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s chair once again as BJP cut a sorry figure after its attempts to topple his government came a cropper. The members, Bhimlal Arya from BJP and Rekha Arya of Congress may soon face action for defying the party whip.
Pictured: President of India Pranab Mukherjee.
Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, however, ruled that the matter could be taken up as the State was under President’s rule.
The Congress is set to return to power in Uttarakhand with the Centreon Wednesdayacknowledging before the Supreme Court that Harish Rawat had wonTuesdaystrust vote and promised to withdraw the Presidents rule. We won the trust vote.
Gadkari also said he did not consider the development was a setback to his party.
Sundaram said, “I am fully within my right to dissent with the Chief Minister as part of intra-party democracy”.
The results were submitted in the Supreme Court in a sealed cover by the Assembly Speaker on Wednesday morning. “BJP tried to kill democracy”. At that time the UP governor summarily dismissed the Kalyan Singh-led BJP government and appointed Loktantrik Congress leader Jagdambika Pal as CM.
The announcement of the results will be made following this.
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He argued, “The objective of the court lifting President’s Rule and ordering a floor test as an extraordinary step is to get an idea of the ground reality”.
