SC verdict on Arunachal ‘very strange’: BJP

New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday appeared critical of the Supreme Court verdict on Arunachal Pradesh, saying it is a ‘very strange order’ that the leader with the majority support is being asked to sit in the opposition and also wondered if the verdict ‘weakens’ the democratic spirit. Asserting that numerical strength was very important in democracy, it said the current Chief Minister Kalikho Pul has the number to run the government and not his predecessor Nabam Tuki, whose government has been revived by the judgement.  “Much water has flowed down in the last seven months. The order certainly raises a question as to whether it strengthens the democratic spirit or weakens it. This is a question as it appears from the verdict that the one having the majority is being asked to sit in the opposition and the one who has lost it is being asked to run the government.  “This is a very strange order and that is why it is being studied,” party national secretary Shrikant Sharma told a press conference. (PTI)