Arunachal CM Nabam Tuki ‘shocked’ over Cabinet’s recommendation

He was asked whether the party will challenge in court the decision taken by the government on imposition of President’s rule in Congress-ruled Arunachal.

The decision was “shocking”, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader tweeted, calling it a “murder of constitution” on the eve of Republic Day on January 26.

The Union Cabinet today recommended imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, which is facing a political turmoil. The move is a sad day in democracy said the Northeast Congress Cordination committee said that if these reports are true then this move by the centre could not have happened anyway else in India.’Northeast is far away so it does not capture the immediate mind of the media, could this have happened in any other state in the country, there would have been a furore’.

When any law and order situation created in the state, all have own creation by him (Governor), Tuki said.

“But they still want to destabilize a border state, whose border is with China, and they want to destabilise such a state”.

Rebia was removed as speaker by 14 rebel Congress legislators backed by BJP lawmakers on December 16 in an assembly session held in a community hall in Itanagar that was presided over by the deputy speaker.

27 MLAs in 60-member Assembly, including the Chief Minister and his ministerial colleagues, boycotted the proceedings.

A “no confidence” motion moved by BJP MLAs and Independent MLAs was “adopted” with Deputy Speaker T Norbu Thongdok, who is also a rebel Congressman, in the Chair.

The Chief Minister later wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their intervention to “uphold” the Constitution in the face of the “unprecedented murder” of democracy and “bypassing” of a democratically-elected government by Governor Rajkhowa. Tuki has alleged that Governor Rajkhowa, acting as a “BJP agent”, helped the rebel Congress lawmakers in their bid to topple his government by convening the assembly session ahead of time. The Supreme Court is hearing a host of petitions related to Arunachal Pradesh.