NCP leader Purno A Sangma Tuesday postponed his fast unto death, but decided to hold a rally protesting the imposition of President’s Rule in Meghalaya. “I have temporarily postponed the proposed fast-unto-death on the request of various non-congress leaders, but to aggressively campaign against the Congress for its misadventure,” Sangma said. “Non-Congress party leaders who I met in Guwahati asked me reconsider the decision to sit on a hunger strike.
Parties from Nagaland, Manipur and Assam said they wanted my service and this was the time to fight and go vigorously against Congress,” Sangma said here before leaving for New Delhi. The former Lok Sabha Speaker said that he has decided to go on an aggressive campaign against the Congress in the North Eastern states as a mark of protest against the ‘highly questionable and unconstitutional act’ of Meghalaya Governor R S Mooshahary to recommend President’s Rule. Ousted Chief Minister Donkupar Roy said that his party, (UDP) has decided to hold a public protest rally and educate the public on the political developments in the state.
He said the rally was scheduled on March 28 at local ground in the heart of the city. “We will highlight to the public of the dirty politics played by the Congress and subsequent dismissal of the UDP-led government for its (Congress) own vested interest,” Roy said.
Response to somnath
Adds PTI: A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee criticised the suspension of five MLAs before the controversial trust vote in Meghalaya, state Assembly Speaker B M Lanong today asserted that his decision was “right, just and lawful”.
“Even if what is reported in the media is exactly what Mr Chatterjee said, I am not going to listen to anybody. I have strictly adhered to the law,” Lanong, who had suspended the voting rights of the five rebel MLAs ahead of the floor test, said. “The Speaker has the right to take action against any member for acts of impropriety or misdemeanour and can even terminate his or her membership by way of expulsion,” Chatterjee was quoted by Lanong as having said on January 3, 2008 during a conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers in London. Repeatedly mentioning statements and writings of the Lok Sabha Speaker, Lanong said the Speaker was an exponent of the judiciary’s non-interference in legislature. Alluding to a Supreme Court verdict of 1992, Lanong said the apex court had observed that the interim order can be passed by a Speaker during the pendency of the case. The Speaker said until Articles 122 and 212 of the Constitution are amended, he will not entertain any interference by the court. He said he would write to the Union Law Minister on the current constitutional deadlock and the fresh collision between the Judiciary and the Legislature.
The Gauhati High Court on Saturday had stayed Lanong’s ruling suspending two of the five MLAs ahead of the trust vote. Following the controversial vote, President’s rule was imposed and the Assembly was kept under suspended animation.
Yesterday, Chatterjee had questioned the Speaker’s act of passing the interim order suspending the MLAs, saying it was not in consonance with the 10th Schedule.
Source: PTI & Nagaland Post
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Parties from Nagaland, Manipur and Assam said they wanted my service and this was the time to fight and go vigorously against Congress,” Sangma said here before leaving for New Delhi. The former Lok Sabha Speaker said that he has decided to go on an aggressive campaign against the Congress in the North Eastern states as a mark of protest against the ‘highly questionable and unconstitutional act’ of Meghalaya Governor R S Mooshahary to recommend President’s Rule. Ousted Chief Minister Donkupar Roy said that his party, (UDP) has decided to hold a public protest rally and educate the public on the political developments in the state.
He said the rally was scheduled on March 28 at local ground in the heart of the city. “We will highlight to the public of the dirty politics played by the Congress and subsequent dismissal of the UDP-led government for its (Congress) own vested interest,” Roy said.
Response to somnath
Adds PTI: A day after Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee criticised the suspension of five MLAs before the controversial trust vote in Meghalaya, state Assembly Speaker B M Lanong today asserted that his decision was “right, just and lawful”.
“Even if what is reported in the media is exactly what Mr Chatterjee said, I am not going to listen to anybody. I have strictly adhered to the law,” Lanong, who had suspended the voting rights of the five rebel MLAs ahead of the floor test, said. “The Speaker has the right to take action against any member for acts of impropriety or misdemeanour and can even terminate his or her membership by way of expulsion,” Chatterjee was quoted by Lanong as having said on January 3, 2008 during a conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers in London. Repeatedly mentioning statements and writings of the Lok Sabha Speaker, Lanong said the Speaker was an exponent of the judiciary’s non-interference in legislature. Alluding to a Supreme Court verdict of 1992, Lanong said the apex court had observed that the interim order can be passed by a Speaker during the pendency of the case. The Speaker said until Articles 122 and 212 of the Constitution are amended, he will not entertain any interference by the court. He said he would write to the Union Law Minister on the current constitutional deadlock and the fresh collision between the Judiciary and the Legislature.
The Gauhati High Court on Saturday had stayed Lanong’s ruling suspending two of the five MLAs ahead of the trust vote. Following the controversial vote, President’s rule was imposed and the Assembly was kept under suspended animation.
Yesterday, Chatterjee had questioned the Speaker’s act of passing the interim order suspending the MLAs, saying it was not in consonance with the 10th Schedule.
Source: PTI & Nagaland Post
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