After the political crisis, Uttarakhand is witnessing a legal battle as the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party slug it out in the court. The Congress has decided to challenge the Uttarakhand High Court order allowing participation of 9 disqualified MLAs in the floor test on March 31.
In its plea filed in the court, the party has claimed that the "constitutional sin of defection cannot be condoned by permitting the said 9 persons to vote, when in fact the seats those persons represented as MLAs has itself fallen vacant".
The party has maintained in its petition that irreparable damage will be done if these MLAs are allowed to take part in the floor test.
The Uttarakhand HC had on Tuesday ordered a floor test in the Assembly on March 31 and allowed the rebel MLAs to take part in the same. However, the court also ruled their votes would be kept separate and be subject to final outcome of the petition challenging their disqualification.
The HC order came as a jolt to the Centre as it gave a new turn to the political developments two days after President's Rule was imposed in the state.
Ousted Chief Minister Harish Rawat welcomed the order, saying it was a "tremendous setback" for the Centre which was trying to bring "authoritarianism". But this order would deter them from trying to destablise non-BJP governments in states, he said.
Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi had appeared for Rawat who had challenged the imposition of President's Rule and demanded its immediate quashing.
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