Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that Congress will move court if the Centre issues Ordinance to authorise expenditure beyond April 1 in Uttarakhand which is under President’s rule. Accusing the Centre of not concerned about parliamentary democracy and the Constitution, Sibal said promulgation of any such ordinance would be “unprecedented and unconstitutional”.
Taking a dig at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the former law Minister remarked, “I must congratulate Jaitley. It is a first to his credit. The Central Government will decide whether Budget in an Assembly is passed or not.”
Claiming that the Budget has already been approved by the Uttarakhand Assembly, he said that the Speaker has declared so and there has been no petition in any court against it nor has anyone approached any court.
Targeting BJP and the Centre, he alleged that they wanted to show anyhow that the Budget has not been passed on the floor of the Uttarakhand Assembly. He accused the Centre of playing this “political game” as part of its attempts to destabilise the State Government. “They swear by the Constitution, but tearing it to shreds.”
Sibal said that the prorogation of Budget session of Parliament for enabling the Government to issue such an ordinance was also part of this game. “They are afraid that if they bring the bill in Parliament on the matter, they will be defeated,” he said.