President’s rule was imposed in poll bound Maharashtra, three days after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) snapped its 15 year-old ties with Congress reducing the Prithviraj Chavan government to a minority. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation for imposition of central rule in Maharashtra, a day after the Union Cabinet recommended such a step, a home ministry spokesperson said.
Following NCP’s decision to part ways, CM Prithviraj Chavan had resigned on Friday. His resignation was accepted by governor Vidyasagar Rao. In his report to the Centre, the governor had recommended imposition of President’s rule in the state.Congress immediately opposed the governnment decision, saying with a little over two weeks left for the October 15 assembly polls in the state, it was unwarranted.
Before imposition of President's rule in Maharashtra, governor Vidyasagar Rao had written separate letters to Shiv Sena and BJP seeking to know if they could form an interim government in the state. Reacting to the letter, Sena's Subhash Desai said the party would form a government only when it comes to power with a majority post elections.
No comments:
Post a Comment