Determined to carry the Uttrakahand political crisis battle to Parliament, Congress has given notices in the Rajya Sabha session starting Monday for adoption of a resolution condemning the imposition of President’s Rule in the hill State. The main Opposition party has also demanded suspension of Question Hour to take up this issue.
The notices given by leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and Deputy leader of Congress in the House Anand Sharma seek to corner the Government on the issue accusing it of “destabilising” a democratically-elected Government in Uttarakhand.
In his notice given under Rule 267, Sharma has also sought from Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari the passage of a resolution condemning the Narendra Modi Government for “destabilisation” of the Uttarakhand Government and imposition of President’s Rule there.
The resolution says, “This House deplores the destabilisation of the democratically-elected Government in Uttarakhand and disapproves the unjustified imposition of President’s Rule there under Article 356 of the Constitution.”
This move comes amidst Congress mounting an offensive against the Modi Government ever since the dismissal of the Rawat Government and clamping of Central rule. The party had started ‘loktantra Bachao, Uttarakhand Bachao’ (Save Democracy, Save Uttarakhand) campaign to mobilise public support against the Centre.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed till April 27 the judgment of the State High Court quashing imposition of President’s rule, giving a new turn to the continuing political drama in the State by restoring Central rule there.
The Congress is trying to project the imposition of the President’s Rule in Uttarakhand and earlier in another party- ruled State of Arunachal Pradesh as an “attack” on the federal structure and is hopeful that a large number of Opposition parties will back it in cornering the Government on the issue during the forthcoming Parliament session.