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Congress moves High Court against President’s Rule in Uttarakhand

Top Congress leaders and lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal today moved the High Court in Nainital against the imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand.A day after President’s Rule was imposed in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat is likely to meet Governor KK Paul today. Unhappy over Centre’s move to keep the state under the ambit of central rule, just 24 hours before the crucial trust vote in the Uttarakhand Assembly, the Congress is set to challenge the order in the Nainital High Court today. Senior party leader Kapil Sibal said President’s Rule was imposed a day before the floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly as the Centre knew that Chief Minister Harish Rawat would be able to prove his majority. “We will approach the courts. We will file a petition challenging the imposition of President’s Rule in the state and demand its revocation,” he said.”We will explain the law to them in court. We will show the court that the people in the central government are the ones responsible for destabilising every state which is under Congress rule because their policy is to have ‘Congress mukt Bharat’.

“I am shocked that any government which believes in democracy and believes in the Constitution would seek to wipe off the legacy of a party,” Sibal said, alleging that BJP is a “past master in the art of horse-trading”. The senior lawyer, who has been representing the party in Supreme Court in the Arunachal Pradesh case, added that he will also raise the issue there and tell the court that the Centre will “replicate” the model in other states as well. Capping a nine-day high-voltage political drama, the Centre on Sunday brought Uttarakhand under President’s rule citing a Constitutional breakdown in the state. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution dismissing the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat and placing the Assembly under suspended animation on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet.