10-01-2007, 03:23 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Centre backs Karunanidhi government </b>
New Delhi: <b>With the Supreme Court warning the Tamil Nadu government that it would not hesitate to direct the Centre to impose President's rule if the state fails to comply with its order on bandh, </b>the Centre on Monday said it would do nothing to "hurt" the DMK-led government.
"We will do nothing to hurt the Tamil Nadu government. We are committed. They (DMK) are part of our government. We will not disturb the state government remotely, directly or explicitly," Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi said.
He was replying to a spate of questions on the apex court's observations that if there was no compliance with its order on bandh, it will have to direct the government to impose President's rule.
Maintaining that the issue did not figure in the Union Cabinet meeting, Dasmunsi said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi is "one of the stalwarts" not just of the DMK but of the entire country.
He said the Chief Minister has begun a "fast and (is) not violating the court order. This is a non-violent response showing respect to Mahatma Gandhi's ideals a day ahead of his birth anniversary."
Karunanidhi, Dasmunsi said, has set an example through his support and concern for the poorest of the poor, the scheduled castes and tribes, minorities and the downtrodden sections of the people.
In an extraordinary sitting on Sunday, the apex court had stayed the bandh called by the ruling DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance and asked the government to stop it.
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Unfortunately, SC makes only an empty threat! The President's rule will never be imposed in TN for any reason whatsover, no matter how much it (TN) goes to the dogs (constitutional crisis), or how badly the DMK, the ruling party in TN, conducts itself. The center, which is in hand with the DMK, will never take such a decision; nor will the President, who is hand picked by the Congress, and will abide by whatever the Congress/UPA says, OK it. The president's rule in India has been for the most part about the ruling party at the center flexing its muscles and retaining its power and control over its oppositions.
New Delhi: <b>With the Supreme Court warning the Tamil Nadu government that it would not hesitate to direct the Centre to impose President's rule if the state fails to comply with its order on bandh, </b>the Centre on Monday said it would do nothing to "hurt" the DMK-led government.
"We will do nothing to hurt the Tamil Nadu government. We are committed. They (DMK) are part of our government. We will not disturb the state government remotely, directly or explicitly," Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi said.
He was replying to a spate of questions on the apex court's observations that if there was no compliance with its order on bandh, it will have to direct the government to impose President's rule.
Maintaining that the issue did not figure in the Union Cabinet meeting, Dasmunsi said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi is "one of the stalwarts" not just of the DMK but of the entire country.
He said the Chief Minister has begun a "fast and (is) not violating the court order. This is a non-violent response showing respect to Mahatma Gandhi's ideals a day ahead of his birth anniversary."
Karunanidhi, Dasmunsi said, has set an example through his support and concern for the poorest of the poor, the scheduled castes and tribes, minorities and the downtrodden sections of the people.
In an extraordinary sitting on Sunday, the apex court had stayed the bandh called by the ruling DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance and asked the government to stop it.
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Unfortunately, SC makes only an empty threat! The President's rule will never be imposed in TN for any reason whatsover, no matter how much it (TN) goes to the dogs (constitutional crisis), or how badly the DMK, the ruling party in TN, conducts itself. The center, which is in hand with the DMK, will never take such a decision; nor will the President, who is hand picked by the Congress, and will abide by whatever the Congress/UPA says, OK it. The president's rule in India has been for the most part about the ruling party at the center flexing its muscles and retaining its power and control over its oppositions.