There seems to be no end to the political crisis in Uttarakhand with the Congress deciding to move the Nainital High Court against the imposition of President's Rule in the state.
Sources told CNN-IBN that the Congress has also decided to make the imposition of President's rule a poll issue in the upcoming state elections and take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Parliament.
Meanwhile, Harish Rawat has written to Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul requesting him to let his government prove majority in Assembly. This comes even as the BJP is yet to make a decision on forming government in the state.
According to sources, the Congress has planned to tell the High Court that the decision to make MLAs defect from the party was planned by the BJP at the highest levels, and that members of the opposition party involved in coup even boasted about their plan.
The Congress is likely to argue before the High Court that the BJP orchestrated all moves to impose President's rule, claiming that BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya was one of the key players behind the crisis.
The Congress will point out how Vijayvargiya gave out full details of the BJP’s plan of action in a recent interview, revealing how the BJP timed the floor test and paraded 35 MLAs before the Governor.
With less than 24 hours before the crucial trust vote in the Uttarakhand Assembly where Chief Minister Harish Rawat was to prove majority support for his government, the Centre, in a dramatic move, dismissed the Congress government and imposed President’s rule citing breakdown of governance. Not amused by the step, Harish Rawat termed it as the murder of democracy.
Hitting out at the BJP leadership, Rawat said, “Modi and Amit Shah wanted to topple my government at all costs. They wanted to remove Harish Rawat from the scene for which they went to the extent of murdering democracy. They even murdered the sentiments of the people of Uttarakhand."
A political crisis in Uttarakhand was precipitated last week itself when nine Congress MLAs rebelled against the Rawat-led government and rallied with the BJP. But the decision to impose President's rule took shape on Saturday night in a central government Cabinet meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Sunday afternoon, a formal nod to the decision was given by President Pranab Mukherjee.
With the move coming weeks after President's rule was imposed in Arunachal Pradesh, an angry Congress claimed that the BJP had stooped to a new low and would challenge the order in court.
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