After terming Harak Singh Rawat appointment is completely unconstitutional, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank lamented that the opposition party in Vidhan Sabha-BJP-will knock at court's door for seeking justice.
He cleared that appointment of State Agriculture Minister Rawat on the post of Uttarakhand Seed and Tarai Development Corporation (USTDC) Chairman is completely breach of rules and regulations as he is holding the post of profit in the limited.
While addressing the mediapersons in a Press conference held, Dr Nishank claimed that party will surely in the court, if moved as the appointment of Rawat is completely unconstitutional. Dr Nishank stressed that it is unquestionably against the rules and regulations of corporation to appoint MlA or cabinet minister on the post of chairman.
He also demanded from the Uttarakhand chief minister to order probe and immediately quash the appointment. He said that the Bhati Commission while preparing the report had deliberately overlooked the relevant articles.
He explained that the Article 111 gives the state the Right to Appoint six directors and out of them one could be appointed as the chairman whereas, under Article 114 if any of the directors was non- governmental officers he would have to become a shareholder by purchasing shares worth Rs5,000.
It is to be noted that BJP delegation led by leader of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha, Ajay Bhatt had met Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi and handed him a memorandum urging him to stop any possible action by the government based on the recommendations of the probe panel, saying it had not been constituted according to the norms. The leaders demanded that Harak Singh Rawat should be removed from the post of chairman of the USTDC as this appointment was illegal.
Nishank said that State Government is not taking any steps for the overall development of the state and further deteriorating the situation by quashing the orders and beneficiary schemes passed by the previous government in the State.
Nishank cleared that if either chief minister or governor fails to quash the appointment of Rawat from the post of chairman of TDC then the party will surely move to court to seek justice. He also claimed that the party will surely emerge victorious as appointment of Rawat is completely unlawful.
Mukesh Mahendaroo, Prakash Suman Dhyani, Anil Goyal and many more were present.