Not Looking to Stake Claim, Want Early Polls in Uttarakhand: BJP

Talking strategy, a senior BJP leader said the party will not stake claim to form govt but will demand early polls

File photo of President Pranab Mukherjee receiving a memorandum from a delegation of BJP MPs and MLAs from Uttarakhand. (Photo: PTI) 

Ahead of the crucial floor test in Uttarakhand state assembly on Monday, the BJP has indicated it would prefer early polls in Uttarakhand for a legitimate people’s mandate rather than staking claim to form a government now.


This is the ruling party’s game plan according to The Indian Express, which quotes a senior BJP leader involved in the decision-making process that led to the imposition of President’s rule in Congress-ruled Uttarakhand

We are not worried. We are confident and all set to respond to the Congress in the court of law. Let everybody know we have done our homework. Whatever was necessary was done before the government evoked Article 356. In the last four days, a lot has happened that the media was unaware off.

Senior BJP leader to <i>The Indian Express</i>

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President’s rule was imposed in Uttarakhand on Sunday after days of political uncertainty triggered by a rebellion in the ruling Congress, prompting Chief Minister Harish Rawat to accuse the BJP-led Central government of “murdering democracy”.

Reacting strongly, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi tweeted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying “don’t let your love of power overrule people’s mandate”.

Earlier, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said there were “cogent, relevant and extremely important grounds” on which the Union Cabinet came to the decision.

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