GUWAHATI, JULY 13: Putting up a brave front, Kalikho Pul on Wednesday said there was no threat to his government and that he will file a review petition in the Supreme Court on its judgment that ordered the restoration of the previous Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh. The court quashed all the decisions of the Governor that precipitated the Congress government’s fall in January, holding them “violative” of the Constitution.
Mr. Pul, who had led the Congress rebels then, said, “[Our] government will remain. That will be decided on the floor of the Assembly. Government runs only with the numbers. There is no threat to our government,” he told reporters in Guwahati.
“Definitely, I will file a review petition. Let me at first go through the detail judgment and then consult legal experts. We had formed the government as per procedure. We paraded 32 MLAs in front of the Governor and proved our majority,” he said adding that he formed a new party and followed the legal and constitutional procedures.
Gogoi welcomes SC judgement on Arunachal
Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi and Congress Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Debabrata Saikia today welcomed the Supreme Court order restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh.
“I welcome the verdict of the Supreme Court for reinstalling the Nabam Tuki-led Congress Government in Arunachal Pradesh,” Gogoi said.
Debabrata Saikia tweeted: “I welcome the judgement of Supreme Court on Arunachal Pradesh. Warning for BJP to respect peoples’ verdict and not encourage undemocratic practices”.
In a major setback to the BJP, the apex court today ordered restoration of the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh by quashing all decisions of the Governor that had precipitated its fall in January, holding them “violative” of the Constitution.
Reacting to the judgement, Arunachal Chief Minister Khalikho Pul said he would file a review petition against the Supreme Court judgement after going through it in detail and consultation of experts.
“Definitely I will file a review petition. Let me at first go through the detailed judgement and then consult legal experts,” Pul told reporters on the sidelines of North East Democratic Alliance conclave here.
“We had formed the government as per procedure. We paraded 32 MLAs in front of the Governor and proved our majority,” he added, adding he had formed a new party and followed the legal and constitutional procedures.
