State News And Discussion - 3

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Governor Bhardwaj’s recommendation of President’s rule needs to be thrown into the dustbin, senior BJP leaders told rediff.com.



Senior cabinet minister V S Acharya said that the Governor’s move did not worry the BJP.



“Throw it into the dustbin. That is where it deserves to be,” he said, adding, “The SR Bomai judgment* clearly states that the Governor has no role here. More over we have the numbers and the speaker has conducted the proceedings and that is for every one to see. We are confident that the central government will think 10 times before it even acts on the matter. If better sense prevails, it will not consider the recommendation.”



*[The SR Bommai vs Centre case: The judgment, delivered by the Supreme Court on May 11, 1994, defined the use of Article 356 and imposition of President's rule. When the then Congress government at the Centre dismissed the S R Bommai government in Karnataka in 1989, Bommai challenged the dismissal. In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court held that a state government could be dismissed only under extenuating circumstances, and laid down guidelines for such a dismissal.



Though political parties have flouted the Supreme Court norms, the Bommai case has made dismissing state governments and imposing President's rule a little more difficult.]