On the other hand, BSP leader Mayawati said that her two legislators in Uttarakhand would support Congress party in the floor test. Sources also said that twenty-eight lawmakers voted for BJP today.
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Rekha Arya, one of the Congress lawmakers emerged out of a vehicle and mingled with BJP legislators who came in groups and stood at the state assembly building gate where they were welcomed by Rawat himself.
The Supreme Court said that Rawat got 33 out of 61 votes, which paves his way back to power in Uttarakhand, where the Centre imposed President’s Rule in March.
The whole episode indirectly helped Rawat in getting rid of rebels and emerging stronger within the Congress party when Assembly elections are due early next year.
“The BJP couldn’t defeat the Congress in the numbers game”, he told reporters after the Assembly proceedings were videographed on the Supreme Court’s orders.
Ganesh Joshi of BJP claimed that it was a victory for BJP constitutionally because nine MLAs of Congress had voted for the BJP in the past and now one more MLA has voted for BJP. Find all the answers to your questions below.
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Principal Secretary (Legislative Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs) of Uttarakhand government oversaw the conduct of the floor test for which President’s Rule was kept in abeyance for two-and-a-half hours from 10:30 AM.
Noting that ten Congress MLAs deserting Rawat was no less important than his floor test win, Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt said such a desertion shows he had become an “autocrat and people felt suffocated under him”.
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The long political and legal battle ended on 11th May, and it was a moment of joy and happiness for Harish Rawat as well as the Congress Party that is struggling to maintain its position in national politics. Of that, the Congress has 27 MLAs on its own and claims the backing of six-member PDF to make the ruling side’s figure of 33. The Speaker did not vote and nine Congress rebels legislators were not allowed to vote. “Hope they will stop toppling Govts now”, Kejriwal tweeted.
