23.5.11

Centre dumps Karnataka Governor's report

In a snub to Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj, the Centre rejected his recommendation for imposition of President’s rule in the state. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs(CCPA) presided over by PM Manmohan Singh, shortly after the conclusion of the second anniversary celebrations of the UPA-II government. “The CCPA today met to discuss the Karnataka Governor’s report and after careful consideration decided not to accept his recommendations,” said home minister P Chidambaram. Even as it rejected his report, the CCPA has asked the home ministry to write to the Karnataka government bringing to its notice the issues mentioned by the Governor. An advisory will be issued, Chidambaram said and hoped that the state government will take note of it. This may be one of the rare instances when the Centre has rejected the recommendations of a governor for imposition of President’s rule. The BJP had pressed the UPA government to reject by Monday Bhardwaj’s recommendation failing which the party warned it wosuld go on a nation-wide agitation.

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