“It has been proved through the stings of Harish Rawat and later on his own minister Madan Singh exposed that they have given money to their MLAs”, Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt said.
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Earlier, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced that they would vote in favour of the grand old party in the floor test, adding that the reports of deal with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are false. We did our best.
In a tweet slamming the Modi government, Yechury said the Centre must get parliament’s approval first for President’s Rule in Uttarakhand before getting the state’s budget approved by the house.
Celebrations broke out in Dehradun the moment the news trickled in from the court that Rawat has won the trial of strength in the Assembly on Tuesday, which was carried out on the instructions of the Supreme Court.
Dehradun: A day after the Uttarakhand Assembly floor test, in which Congress emerged as the victor, the central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will revoke President’s rule in the hill state.
After a long-drawn tussle, the central government will revoke President’s rule in the State of Uttarakhand today.
The bench said Harish Rawat is to assume office as chief minister after President’s rule is revoked.
He asked the BJP, which had teamed up with Congress rebels to topple Rawat, to “apologise to the nation”.
On the other hand missing Congress lawmaker Arya found on BJP side today in the floor test. 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.
A jubilant Congress called it a “victory for democracy”.
The speaker did not vote and nine Congress rebels legislators were not allowed to vote.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to hit out at the Modi government. The same day Uttarakhand was put under President’s rule.
Finally, the obscurity over the Uttarakhand assembly is over.
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Meanwhile, the BJP lashed out at Rahul, saying he should not give sermons as his party has murdered democracy by paying off legislators and has lost the confidence of the people of the state.
