Uttarakhand crisis: SC to hear next week petition challenging President's Rule
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is all set to hear a PIL challenging imposition of President's Rule in crisis ridden Uttarakhand next week.
"Let it be listed next week," a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit said.
The court's observation came when advocate M L Sharma sought urgent listing of the public interest litigation (PIL) on the issue.
President's Rule was imposed in Uttarakhand on Sunday by the Centre on grounds of ‘breakdown of governance’ in a controversial decision that came in wake of a political crisis triggered by a rebellion in the ruling Congress.
Meanwhile, the Congress on Monday said that it was ‘ready’ for fresh polls in the state and alleged that the BJP toppled the Harish Rawat government, as it feared defeat due to the ‘good work’ done by the party's government in the state.
The party on Monday challenge to the imposition of President’s rule in High Court, accusing the Centre of toppling its government ahead of a floor test in the Assembly.
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"What is shocking is that the elections in Uttarakhand are very close by - just six months away, the BJP, in its desperation is trying to topple the Government. We are definitely ready for elections. They were worried for the good work being done there by the Congress government in Uttarakhand and felt that if it is continued, they have no chance of winning," party Spokesman RPN Singh said.
Singh downplayed reports of rebellion in Manipur against the chief minister and practically half of Congress legislators are up in arms against the leadership of Ibobi Singh.
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On questions about Manipur, he said in many states as well as in central government, there are lot of people who have "dissent" against the leadership - be it at the Centre or at the State.
"Even the Centre where there is full majority government in Delhi - isn't it that there is a lot of dissent within the BJP, how this government is being run but that does not mean that we use money power and muscle power to bring down the government", he said
Singh alleged that over the last few months the BJP has been dismantling all the democratic Institutions - "be it trampling upon democratically elected governments like what we have seen in Uttarakhand and what happened in Arunachal Pradesh."
