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All eyes on Uttarakhand assembly confidence vote

By IndianMandarins- 30 Mar 2016
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all-eyes-on-uttarakhand-assembly-confidence-vote BJP's attempt at keeping Congress busy with protecting its state governments from Arunachal Pradesh to Uttarakhand might have thrilled the hearts of its veterans and followers but may end up causing it a bit of political embarrassment. While the Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for hearing next week a PIL challenging imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand,  the Nainital High Court ruled that fresh voting would take place in the Uttarakhand Assembly on March 31 where Mr. Rawat's claim of having majority support will be up for a floor test. A SC bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit said while hearing the the PIL plea of advocate M L Sharma that "Let it (PIL) be listed next week," Away in Nainital, the HC, hearing a petition of chief minister Harish Rawat since Monday, ruled that Rawat would have to prove his majority in the State Assembly on March 31. It also allowed the suspended Congress MLSs to participate in the confidence vote. On March 18, the BJP, which is the Opposition party in the Assembly, along with nine Congress MLAs had voted against the Appropriation Bill. While Mr. Rawat claims that the Appropriation Bill was "constitutionally" passed in the Assembly, the BJP's Central leadership had claimed that the Speaker had shown the Bill as "passed" while majority of the 67 MLAs in the Assembly had voted against the Appropriation Bill. While the Governor has asked Mr Rawat to prove his majority in the Court on March 28, the exercise was not carried out as President's Rule was imposed in the State on March 27.

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