The clouds of constitutional crisis over the State after the Monsoon session of the State Assembly concluded abruptly, cleared on Thursday, although a formal notification ending the monsoon session is yet to be issued.
Outside the Raj Bhawan after a meeting with Governor Ramnaresh Yadav, Speaker Ishwardas Rohani told reporters there was no constitutional crisis. Rohani said "Governor cannot instruct the Speaker. During our meeting, I informed him about the House proceedings and he was satisfied with my logic and with my role as Speaker."
Although prior to the Speaker, leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Ajay Singh called on the Governor and apprised him with the proceedings of that day when the session was abruptly called off sine die by the Speaker and also mentioned a judgment of the Supreme Court in this regard and requested him to call a special session of the House.
Rohani reached the Governor House at 5.30 pm. He was carrying with him copies of some judgments of the apex court and the reference code of the Assembly rules. It was clear from the rules that no one could intervene in the working and rights of the Speaker in the Assembly. After meeting the Governor, Rohani told media persons that the Speaker's decision in the Assembly was final and no one could challenge it. Even the Governor could not instruct the Speaker and the decision to convene the Assembly session is taken by the State Cabinet with the consent of the Governor. Governor cannot order convening of the Assembly session. He could only suggest to the Cabinet to call a session of the House, he added.
He said the constitutional crisis theory was cooked up by the media and there was no reality in it. However, political circles in the State capital remained in dilemma as till the filing of this story, the Governor had not signed the notification for the conclusion of the session, but sources close to him claimed that he might sign it on Friday.