New Delhi: Claiming the political crisis in Arunachal Pradesh was the result of Congress’s internal conflict, BJP on Monday accused the opposition party of “misleading” the country after it charged the Modi government with “murdering” democracy by its decision to impose central rule there.
Defending the Centre’s move, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Congress has “no answer” either on Constitutional or moral or political ground, as “a government cannot remain in office if it does not call for a session of the House within six months of the last session”.
He said Congress MLAs revolted because of “family matter” and corruption charges against the government. The Chief Minister and the Speaker are cousins and worked in tandem, fuelling resentment within the party, he said.
Citing Constitutional provisions, Trivedi said six months shall not invervene between the last day of one session and the first day of the next session. He said the Nabam Tuki government should have convened the House by January 21 which it did not because it had “lost” majority.
“Let alone the meeting of Assembly, even the meeting of Congress legislature party was not called for the simple reason that Congress had lost numbers,” he told the media. Asked about President Pranab Mukherjee’s meeting with Home Minister Rajnath Singh over the issue of President’s Rule, he said Rashtrapati Bhavan will take a decision in its wisdom.
Accusing Congress of breaching all decorum, he said the Chief Minister and his ministers had used most indecorous language against the Governor and animals were slaughtered outside the latter’s house.
“This is an attempt to spread anarchy,” he said. Hitting back at Congress after it accused the Centre of misusing the office of Governors, Trivedi referred to former law minister and party leader Hansraj Bhardwaj’s controversial claims over the imposition of President’s Rule in Bihar in 2005 when UPA was in power.
He also raked up the issue of dismissal of BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh following the demolition of Babri mosque in 1992, saying there was no justification for that.
Attacking Congress after its delegation approached the President against the central government, BJP said it was blaming the Modi dispensation for something which was a result of its own “black deeds”. (PTI)
