NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court gave the best gift to the nation on the Constitution Day on Tuesday by ordering the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow (Wednesday), said the lawyers for the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine which challenged the Governor’s decision allowing Devendra Fadnavis to form the government in the state.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Secretary to the Governor, maintained that the order was “no setback” and it has to be respected and complied with.
Upbeat over the order, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the NCP and the Congress, said that the entire political episode was the lowest level of morality and constitutional values which has all happened due to BJP. “Today on Constitution Day, this is the best gift to the nation from the Supreme Court. We thank the apex court that the Saturday’s plea was heard immediately on Sunday, again on Monday and tomorrow (Sunday) by 5 pm the floor test has to be conducted,” Singhvi said. It has never happened in India’s history that constitutional authorities, on the basis of a list in which no MLA had given support in writing, went on to “shamelessly” form government in Maharashtra, he said, adding that the BJP brought a black name for democracy.
“This is a unique event in itself. It has neither happened in Karnataka, Goa, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh or Uttarakhand. This is the lowest level of morality and constitutional values and all this has happened due to BJP. This is a black letter day for the BJP. We are very thankful to the Supreme Court that on Constitution day it has given gift to the nation of the precious constitutional values we have,” Singhvi said. (PTI)
