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Friday, May 6, 2016

Uttarakhan Political Crisis - Supreme Court-Monitored floor test in Uttarakhand Assembly to take place on Wednesday May 10,2016

The NDA Government has agreed to hold a Supreme Court-monitored floor test in Uttarakhand Assembly.

The SC directed that the nine rebel Congress MLAs, who have challenged their disqualification by the Speaker in the High Court, will not participate in the floor test "if they have the same status" at the time of vote of confidence.

During the trust vote, members voting in favour of motion shall singularly vote and raise hand one by one and that will be counted by Principal Secretary, Assembly. Those in favour of the motion will sit on one side of the House and those against on other side

The SC said that proceedings for the floor test will videographed under the supervision of the Principal Secretary of the Legislative Assembly.

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat, whose government was dismissed by the Centre on March 27, 2016 will seek the vote of confidence in the Assembly.

The floor test will be held between 11 am and 1 pm in a special session of Uttarahand Assembly and the agenda will be whether Harish Rawat enjoys the confidence of the House or not.

The proceedings will also be be videographed and result of the floor test will be produced before the apex court on May 11,2016

President's rule will be temporarily lifted for 2 hours in Uttarakhand when the vote of confidence will take place.

The Uttarakhand Director General of Police and the Chief Secretary have been directed by the court to maintain law and order in the state.

Note

The Nainital High Court on April 21 declared the President's rule imposed in the state on March 27 as unconstitutional. The court had also ordered the floor test on April 29,2016

But the NDA Govt moved the Supreme Court of India(SCI)and on April 22, the SCI ruled that there would no floor test in the Uttarakhand Assembly on April 29,2016. The SCI also ordered that President's rule in the state would remain in force till further hearing.

The SCI had also said it would try to give a verdict by May 13,2016

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