The Lok Sabha today took up the Budget for the State of Uttarakhand for 2016-17 for discussion. Making a statement in the House, Finance Minister Arun Jailtey said, the authorisation of appropriation for Uttarakhand is a Constitutional necessity as the Appropration Bill in the State Assembly was defeated on 18th of March. He said, 36 members in 70 member house had voted against the bill but despite this, Assembly Speaker termed it as passed and even ignored the members' demands for division. <br/><br/>Mr Jaitley said, as the bill could not be passed in the Assembly, there is no allocation of funds to meet the State expenditure form 1st April onwards. Keeping this in view, President's rule was imposed in the State. Initiating the discussion on the Budget, Gourav Gogoi of Congress accused the NDA government of destabilising the Non-BJP-ruled states. <br/><br/>He alleged, the NDA government in the Centre could not wait for the floor test in the Assembly which was scheduled on 28th of March for political gains and imposed Central rule. Participating in the debate, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of BJP countered the Congress allegation saying that the circumstances warranted imposition of President's rule and there was no other option.