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Congress accuses NDA of destabilising non-BJP govts in States

Congress has accused the NDA government of misusing power to destabilise non-BJP governments in the states. Senior party leader Anand Sharma today alleged that the Modi Government is violating Constitutional provisions through governors. <br/><br/>He said, the BJP leadership is working on plans to destabilise the elected governments, headed by the Congress. Initiating a Short Duration discussion on the developments in Uttarakhand and Arunchal Pradesh, Mr Sharma said that governors should act on the aid and advice of Council of Ministers as provided in the Constitution.<br/><br/>Intervening in the discussion Information and Broadcasting Minister, M Venkaiah Naidu reminded the Congress how it had misused the office of the governor sacked state governments umpteen number of times.<br/><br/>He said, the Congress has no moral right to raise such issues. Mr Naidu said, political developments in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh were the result of infighting within the Congress and the Centre has nothing to do with them.<br/><br/>He, however, suggested evolving a mechanism to resolve Constitutional deadlocks resulting from the decisions of Speakers of state assemblies. Prabhat Jha of the BJP referred to the days of emergency in the country when the Constitution was flagrantly violated.<br/><br/> Taking a serious exception to the references made by Mr Jha, Congress members strongly protested. Deputy Chairman P J Kurien warned that the Chair may take action against them if they continue to disrupt the proceedings. He said, it were the Congress members who wanted a discussion, and now they themselves are blocking it.

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