The BJP said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court verdict to quash the President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh and restore the Nabam Tuki's Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh was not a setback to the party of the Centre.
"This is not a setback for the BJP. The crisis (in Arunachal) was due to the internal differences within the Congress in the state," Bharatiya Janata Party leader Srikant Sharma said.
"A group within the Congress fell out with the party leadership. The BJP has nothing to do with what happened.
"It clearly shows that there is a leadership crisis in the Congress. It will be wrong to hold the BJP responsible for the crisis in Arunachal Pradesh," he added.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Mittal clarified that the decision of the highest court has not changed the party's earlier stand on the issue.
"The fact that the Nabam Tuki government is in minority and the the governor had received complaints about the way Nabam Tuki misbehaved with MLAs was the very reason a President's rule was recommended," Mittal said.
The political drama in Arunachal Pradesh saw a dramatic twist on Wednesday after the five judge bench of the Supreme Court ordered the restoration of the Congress government in the state.
In its 331-page judgement, the five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice JS Khehar, ordered that status quo ante as prevailed on December 15, 2015 be restored in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly.
Comments
0 comment