Dehradun, New Delhi: As Uttarakhand speaker issued showcause notice to nine rebel Congress lawmakers, Union minister Arun Jaitley said the crisis should not be attributed to the BJP.
The crisis had hit Uttarakhand's Harish Rawat-led Congress government last week after two Congress lawmakers sided with the BJP in the assembly to demand a division of votes on the finance bill. When the BJP sought the government's dismissal and staked claim to form the government, nine Congress lawmakers had even gone to meet the Governor.
"There is a deep division in the Congress in Uttarakhand... it should not be attributed to the BJP," Mr Jaitley said while addressing the media today during the Day 2 of the BJP's national executive meet.
In his notice, Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal asked the rebels why their Vidhan Sabha membership should not be terminated under the anti-defection law. They have been given time till March 26 to respond.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who has been asked to prove his majority on the floor of the House by March 28, said: "First, they broke the leg of the horse (Shaktiman) and are now indulging in horse trading to destabilise Uttarakhand."
Chief minister Rawat claims there is no threat to his government. "We are ready to prove our majority" he said and added that the rebel MLAs "are in touch with us. They haven't left the Congress."
The crisis had hit Uttarakhand's Harish Rawat-led Congress government last week after two Congress lawmakers sided with the BJP in the assembly to demand a division of votes on the finance bill. When the BJP sought the government's dismissal and staked claim to form the government, nine Congress lawmakers had even gone to meet the Governor.
"There is a deep division in the Congress in Uttarakhand... it should not be attributed to the BJP," Mr Jaitley said while addressing the media today during the Day 2 of the BJP's national executive meet.
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In his notice, Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal asked the rebels why their Vidhan Sabha membership should not be terminated under the anti-defection law. They have been given time till March 26 to respond.
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Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who has been asked to prove his majority on the floor of the House by March 28, said: "First, they broke the leg of the horse (Shaktiman) and are now indulging in horse trading to destabilise Uttarakhand."
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Chief minister Rawat claims there is no threat to his government. "We are ready to prove our majority" he said and added that the rebel MLAs "are in touch with us. They haven't left the Congress."
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