Although BJP is known to astonish people with their political moves it should not forget that the constitution of India is above all.
The recent incident on the Maharashtra election has been a lesson.
As on 23rd Nov, at 5.47 am, when Maharashtra’s fate was believed to take a turn left most of the MLA’s in shock. The power seemed too slipped from the expected CM Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray hand and the BJP-NCP government took the charge after the President Ram Nath Kovind proclaimed revocation of Central rule. BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as chief minister for a second time, with Ajit Pawar as his deputy.
The BJP got 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56, while the NCP got 54 and the Congress 44 in elections to the 288 -member Maharashtra legislative assembly that took place in October this year. Although the BJP and Shiv Sena had fought in a union, the result got delayed on who will become the CM. No single party got the majority and no alliance could be formed claiming a majority and the president rule was imposed.
Shocked by the move, the three parties, Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP files a petition in the Supreme Court to question this decision by governor and demanded an immediate floor test to check if BJP has enough elected MLA’s for the legislative assembly. Hours after this announcement, both the newly appointed CM and DCM resigned fearing to face humiliation.
Previous judgments have established that the President’s rule Article 356 of the Indian Constitution can be imposed when no other option is left, then how the BJP-NCP took the charge overnight?
On what basis the Governor BS Koshyari allows anyone to form the government without the proper majority? Is he was having any collusion with the BJP?
The primary function of the governor is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law as incorporated in his/her oath of office under Article 159 of the Indian constitution in the administration of the State affairs. And this is how our current governor is preserving our constitution?
Ideally, the governor should have called BJP-Shiv Sena, the single biggest pre-pooled alliance to form the government than Congress NCP. Governor ‘s twin pre-dawn decisions have raised many questions on the constitution of India.
However, this is not new in cases where BJP is involved. One such incident is in Goa elections in 2017 when Congress party got the highest seats, 17 and was expected to take the charge and the BJP got only 13 seats. But the Modi government formed a coalition government with its 14 MLAs, 3 Goa Forward Party MLAs, 3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs, and 3 Independents MLAs and announced Manohar Parrikar as the CM.
Similarly in Manipur in 2017, Congress was on top of having the maximum number of seats 28 and 21 BJP with 21. BJP did the same thing and formed a coalition government and took charge and former footballer and journalist N Biren Sigh became the new CM.
It seems BJP is always ready to get collated with any party to humiliate Congress. But as said’ every evil has its end’, recent Maharashtra election case has shaken the over-confidence level of BJP showing them their place.
These politicians considered ‘President Rule’ as a toy which when they feel can play and when they feel can throw it. But the declaration of floor test has proved that law and order still exist in India.
And a point to be noted is why BJP always has a habit of licking after spitting, include the Chanakya Niti of Amit shah failed in Maharashtra as well as such un-constitutional moves should not be allowed at all.
