NEW DELHI, April 23 - Upping the ante on the Uttarakhand political crisis, Congress leaders have given notices for suspension of the Question Hour and adoption of a resolution condemning the imposition of President�s Rule there, when the Budget Session resumes on Monday after the recess.
The notices given by Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Deputy Leader of Congress in the House, Anand Sharma, seek to corner the government on the issue accusing it of �destabilising� a democratically elected government in Uttarakhand.
In his notice given under Rule 267, Sharma has also sought from Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari the passage of a resolution condemning the Modi government for �destabilistion� of the Uttarakhand government and imposition of President�s Rule in the State.
The resolution reads: �... this House deplores the destabilisation of the democratically elected government in Uttarakhand and disapproves the unjustified imposition of President�s Rule there under Article 356 of the Constitution.�
Ever since the dismissal of the Rawat government and clamping of Central rule, the Congress has mounted an offensive against the Narendra Modi dispensation. The party had started �Loktantra Bachao, Uttarakhand Bachao� campaign to mobilise public support against the Centre.
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed till April 27 the judgement of the State High Court quashing imposition of President�s Rule, giving a new turn to the continuing political drama in the State by restoring Central rule there.
The Congress is trying to project the imposition of President�s Rule in Uttarakhand and earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as an �attack� on the federal structure and is hopeful that a large number of Opposition parties will back it in on the issue. � PTI
