2016 Arunachal Pradesh Political Crisis - Governor asks Arunachal CM to take floor test by July 16, 2016 ,Tuki seeks time Thursday July 14,2016

Nabam Tuki, who was restored as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh by the Supreme Court yesterday, was on Thursday July 14,2016 asked by the Governor to take a floor test by July 16 to prove his majority in the state Assembly.

However, Tuki, who led a Congress government that fell in January after the controversial role played by Governor J P Rajkhowa, said that he needed time to face the floor test.

Talking to reporters after attending office, Tuki said he would request the acting Governor Tathagata Roy to defer the proposed floor test as it is "not possible" within a short span of time.

The Governor in a communique informed Tuki that in obedience to the Supreme Court verdict he has been reinstated as chief minister of the state with effect from yesterday Wednesday July 13,2016

He also asked the chief minister to call the assembly session immediately and prove his majority in the house by July 16,2016

The communique said in order to ensure peaceful proceedings, the floor test should be videographed throughout and the majority proved by division and not by voice vote.

Roy further emphasised that the conduct of the proceedings, including the videography in the house should strictly follow the principles laid down by Supreme Court in its order of May 6 regarding imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand (SLP C 11567/2016) Union of India Vs Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, a Raj Bhawan release said. A note to this effect has also been sent to the assembly secretariat, it said.

Tuki arrived here this evening after assuming charge of chief minister of the state at Arunachal Bhawan in New Delhi yesterday following the apex court verdict.

Speaker Nabam Rebia, who too attended office today, said the assembly needs at least 10 to 15 days to summon a session. "I have received the governor's order asking the state government to go for floor test on July 16 which is practically impossible keeping in mind the uneven topography and inclement weather besides the communication bottlenecks in the state," he told

The Speaker also appealed to all the Congress members to strengthen Tuki's hands for overall development of the state

Timeline of Arunachal Pradesh Political Crisis

December 24, 2014: Health and Family Welfare Minister Kalikho Pul dropped from ministry after he alleges fiscal mismanagement in Arunachal Pradesh

April 2, 2015: State Congress expels Pul for alleged anti-party activities.
May 18, 2015: Local court in Itanagar stays Pul's expulsion.
September 16, 2015: Chief Minister Nabam Tuki invites his MLAs to dinner and makes them sign 'irrevocable resignation letters' in the wake of dissidence.
October 6, 2015: Two MLAs who attended dinner 'quit' but ask speaker Nabam Rebia to treat 'resignation letter as invalid' as they were forced to sign it.
November 8, 2015: Led by Pul, 21 Congress MLAs issue statement against "autocratic" Tuki and denounce his "legitimacy as leader of CLP".
November 19, 2015: State BJP adopts resolution for removal of Rebia as Speaker.
December 10, 2015: Governor JP Rajkhowa issues order advancing the Assembly session from January 14-16,2016 to December 16-18,2015.
December 15, 2015: Rebia issues notice disqualifying 14 of the 21 rebel Congress MLAs.
December 16, 2015: Government locks Assembly building but deputy speaker TN Thongdok holds session in community hall for 33 MLAs, including 11 of BJP and two independents, to impeach Rebia as pro-Tuki groups disrupt normal life.
December 17, 2015: Rebels hold Assembly in hotel after community hall is razed, vote against Tuki; elect Pul as 'CM'. Rebia moves HC to keep assembly and related developments in abeyance.
January 5, 2016: HC stays disqualification of 14 Congress MLAs.
January 13, 2016: HC rules in favour of dissidents, vacating order that kept December 16-18 Assembly session in abeyance.
January 13, 2016: SC stays convening of Assembly session till January 18.
January 14, 2016: SC refers all the petitions to a Constitution bench.
January 15, 2016: SC starts examining the constitutional position on the scope of discretionary powers of the Governor and other related issues.
January 24, 2016: Union Cabinet recommends imposition of President's rule in Arunachal Pradesh.
January 25, 2016: Congress moves SC against the NDA government's move.
January 26, 2016: President Pranab Mukherjee accepts the Cabinet's recommendation.
January 27, 2016: SC issues notice to Centre, Governor on Congress's petition. The hearing scheduled for February 1.
February 17, 2016: Union Cabinet decides to recommend revocation of President Rule; but SC order status quo.
February 18, 2016: SC clears decks for formation of new government by vacating the status quo order.
February 22, 2016: SC reserves orders against a Gauhati High Court verdict that upheld the discretionary powers of the Governor to summon or advance a sitting of the assembly.
July 13, 2016: The Supreme Court orders the restoration of the Congress government, scrapping all decisions by the Governor that precipitated the fall of the previous administration.