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Congress targets BJP in Parliament over President's Rule in Uttarakhand
New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS) The second half of the budget session in Parliament began on a stormy note over the imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand with the Congress accusing the Centre of murdering the Constitution while other Opposition parties also closed ranks to target the BJP-led NDA.
"The government wants to destabilize the state. It is buying MLAs. It is killing the Constitution," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said in Lok Sabha raising the issue.
Congress MP Mohsina Kidwai said the governmnet wants a dictatorship which they would not let happen.
Parliament witnessed ruckus over the Uttarakhand imbroglio as the opposition broke into loud sloganeering over the demand for immediate discussion on imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was hopeful about getting opposition support to take good decisions.
Rajya Sabha was earlier adjourned till 2 PM over the ruckus.
As the House began for the second part of the budget session, the Congress raised the Uttarakhand issue in the Rajya Sabha, demanding a debate on the issue.
Accusing the Narendra Modi government of killing democracy, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad demanded that the issue of proclamation of President's rule in the state be discussed.
"You can't go on killing democracy this way. The issue has to be discussed first," he said.
He was supported by senior Congress member Anand Sharma and CPI(M) member Sitaram Yechury.
Sharma said the government was misusing article 356 of the constitution.
Objecting to it, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the provisions of article 356 has to be discussed first before the propriety of imposition of President's rule in Uttarakhand.
As Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was about to give his ruling, a sizable section of the opposition members left their seats to shout slogans against the Modi government.
BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab said they are against any arbitrary imposition of Article 356 undermining Indian federalism.
PM Modi earlier said ahead of Parliament session: "We hope to get the opposition's support for Parliament to function and take good decisions."
The Prime Minister hoped that the opposition will cooperate in maintaining smooth functioning of Parliament. "I hope the opposition will cooperate with us and some good decisions will be taken," he said while heading for Parliament.
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