{"id":53083,"date":"2016-01-26T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=53083"},"modified":"2016-01-27T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T07:23:01","slug":"presidents-rule-in-arunachal-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/politics\/presidents-rule-in-arunachal-pradesh","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"President's<\/a><\/p>\n

There is a political storm brewing in the otherwise quiet state of Arunachal Pradesh. On Sunday, 24 January 2016,\u00a0the Union government, on advice of Governor JP Rajkhowa, recommended President\u2019s rule in Arunachal Pradesh, thereby triggering a major political war between the ruling INC and BJP.<\/p>\n

The Congress high command on\u00a025 January 2016, which included noted lawyer Kapil Sibal, Mallikarjun Kharge and Ghulam Nabi Azad, rushed to meet with President Mukherjee to protest the Arunachal Pradesh Governor\u2019s decision to recommend President\u2019s rule and the Union Government\u2019s decision to impose President\u2019s rule in the state. Their contention was that since the Supreme Court is already apprised of the matter, it was unconstitutional of the Governor to recommend President\u2019s rule at this juncture.<\/p>\n

The Congress contention has been that the state assembly floor is the place to test the ruling government\u2019s strength and the Governor cannot act unilaterally without seeking advice from the head of the ruling government.<\/p>\n

On the same day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh met the President to put forth the government\u2019s point of view on the situation and justify the central government\u2019s decision to go by the Governor\u2019s recommendation. President Mukherjee, however, was unlikely to take an immediate decision, especially before Republic Day, and has sought legal advice before responding.<\/p>\n

Congress approaches the apex court<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Monday, Congress petitioned the Supreme Court on the matter and the same will come up for hearing before a five member bench on 27 January 2016. The Supreme Court will adjudicate on the role and powers of the Speaker and the Governor, as also on the constitutional validity of decisions taken that has led to the current crisis.<\/p>\n

Genesis of the present crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arunachal Pradesh has been on the boil with a section of MLAs disgruntled with the Speaker Nabam Rebia, who also happens to be the cousin of the present Chief Minister Nabam Tuki.<\/p>\n

Congress is the ruling party in Arunachal Pradesh holding 47 assembly seats out of a total of 60. In December 2015, 21 out of 47 Congress MLAs rebelled against the party.<\/p>\n

On 14 December 2015, 14 Congress MLAs were suspended by the Speaker. In retaliation, on 16 December 2015, the same 14 Congress MLAs quit the party and joined 11 BJP rebels and two other independent MLAs, and held a \u2018special\u2019 assembly session outside the state assembly, in a community hall in Itanagar and voted out the Speaker, Nabam Rebia. The Deputy Speaker, who supported the move, dismissed the Speaker leading to a political crisis.<\/p>\n

Given the emerging situation, the Governor then advanced the assembly session that was due to meet on 14 January 2016 to December 16 2015, wherein the Deputy Speaker dismissed the Speaker and revoked the disqualification of the 14 MLAs. The ruling party has opposed the Governor\u2019s decision to unilaterally advance the assembly session date without the consent and advice of the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n

The state government then approached the Guwahati High Court, where one judge had overturned the dismissal of the Speaker, but another judge has since stayed the decision and referred the matter to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

And now that the matter is under the apex court\u2019s consideration, the decision by the Governor to impose President\u2019s rule is being vehemently opposed by the Congress party, at the state and central level. Rahul Gandhi took an aggressive stand against the move calling it a \u2018murder of democracy\u2019.<\/p>\n

Bad timing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The move to impose President\u2019s rule just before Republic Day, is a bit surprising, since the Union government would like to present a united country before the world, especially since the French President is the Guest of Honour at this year\u2019s Republic Day celebrations and therefore, international attention would naturally be on India.<\/p>\n

So what pushed the BJP high command to make this move? After suffering crucial electoral losses in Delhi and Bihar, and with a tough chance in Bengal and a tentative situation in Punjab, BJP high command has been keen to show some electoral gains.<\/p>\n

Since the local unit in Arunachal Pradesh has been successful in weaning away 14 of Congress MLAs, the party high command wants to run home the advantage in the hope that it would be in a better position, both in the state and at the national level, once President\u2019s rule is lifted in Arunachal Pradesh. This still doesn\u2019t explain the urgency just before an important national event like the Republic Day.<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s role in the entire saga will also be closely examined by the Supreme Court before any decision is taken on the validity of imposition of President\u2019s rule. Arunachal Pradesh has been relatively stable and free of militancy, unlike many other states of the North East, and one hopes that the centre doesn\u2019t repeat the mistake it made in J&K during the 1987 elections which led to a spurt in armed insurgency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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