Congress terms President's Rule in Uttarakhand 'murder of democracy'
After days of political turmoil, President's Rule has been imposed in Uttarakhand. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution dismissing the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat and placing the Assembly under suspended animation this morning on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet.
This comes a day before chief minister Harish Rawat was to face floor test in the state Assembly.
The recommendation for President's Rule was made by the Union Cabinet at its emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (March 26) night. After the Cabinet meeting, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley briefed the President late last night, the sources said.
The decision to impose central rule in the state was taken after Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul submitted a report to the Centre mentioning a complete breakdown on law and order in the state.
Meanwhile, the Congress denounced the decision calling it a "murder of democracy" and said it showed that BJP did not believe in democracy. Read more.
Here's how people reacted to the development on Twitter:
The best way to deal with Uttarakhand now is to have mid term poll in the near future. Let people decide. President must enable this.
— M K Venu (@mkvenu1) March 27, 2016
Happenings in Arunachal and Uttarakhand shouldn't be read as regular BJP vs Cong. It's a brutal murder of democracy. Your state can be next!
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) March 27, 2016
The BJP's actions in #Uttarakhand are a clear admission they knew they were losing the floor test.
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) March 27, 2016
Imposition of Prez rule in Uttarakhand should worry every citizen of India. We're moving towards a re-play of the Emergency!
— Atishi Marlena (@AtishiMarlena) March 27, 2016
Modi govt does not want opposition govts at all. After Arunachal Pradesh, Dismissal of Uttarakhand govt is dangerous trend.
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) March 27, 2016
Uttarakhand govt fell because of your bad karma @harishrawatcmuk. Why drag Ambedkar ji into this?? https://t.co/6yWeHZtgwg
— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) March 27, 2016
Narendra Modi Ji, You need to tell the people of India and #Uttarakhand , why did you not wait till tomorrow for the floor-test?? Thanks !
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) March 27, 2016
The manner in which Pres Rule has been imposed in Uttarakhand is nothing short of murder of democracy & constitution #ArunachalPart2
— Shehzad Poonawalla (@Shehzad_Ind) March 27, 2016