[Marxistindia] Uttarakhand: Assault on Democracy

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 28, 2016

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

 

Uttarakhand: Assault on Democracy

 

 

 

The dismissal of the Harish Rawat government and the imposition of
President's rule in Uttarakhand is a shameless assault on democracy and a
blatant violation of the constitutional norms. The fact that the Central
action has taken place a day before the Chief Minister was to test his
majority on the floor of the assembly as asked by the Governor, makes this
intervention patently illegal and unconstitutional.

 

The imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand and the earlier episode in
Arunachal Pradesh shows that the Modi government is utilising Article 356 to
topple governments run by the opposition. This should not be allowed. While
the basic remedy is to scrap Article 356 itself from the Constitution, the
Supreme Court should take up the matter on a priority basis to ensure that
the letter and spirit of the Bommai judgement is adhered to. 

 

 

 

 

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