Arunachal No-confidence Motion

Former Arunachal Pradesh assembly Speaker Nabam Rebia today moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict saying that it is "constitutionally impermissible" for the Speaker to decide on the plea for disqualification of lawmakers under the anti-defection law when a motion of no-confidence is pending against him.

The Supreme Court today refused to pass an interim order on a plea of Congress leaders that Arunchal Pradesh Governor JP Rakhowa be restrained from swearing in a new government in the politically-fragile state which is now under President's rule.

The Supreme Court today said there was nothing wrong if a no-confidence motion is passed against the Congress-led Nabam Tuki government in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly when the Deputy Speaker was in charge of the House proceedings after removal of the Speaker.

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa today refuted allegations that he used Raj Bhawan as headquarters of BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said he was working under the ambit of the Constitution.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today termed imposition of President's Rule as the "darkest" day in the history of Arunachal Pradesh.

After two days of political drama, the Gauhati High Court has put on hold the assembly proceedings in Arunachal Pradesh, providing a breather to the Congress government which was "voted out" and a Speaker who was "impeached", by a group of BJP and rebel Congress lawmakers operating from makeshift premises. The court's interim order has put a freeze...

Former Arunachal Pradesh assembly Speaker Nabam Rebia today moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict saying that it is "constitutionally impermissible" for the Speaker to decide on the plea for disqualification of lawmakers under the anti-defection law when a motion of no-confidence is pending against him.

The Supreme Court today refused to pass an interim order on a plea of Congress leaders that Arunchal Pradesh Governor JP Rakhowa be restrained from swearing in a new government in the politically-fragile state which is now under President's rule.

The Supreme Court today said there was nothing wrong if a no-confidence motion is passed against the Congress-led Nabam Tuki government in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly when the Deputy Speaker was in charge of the House proceedings after removal of the Speaker.

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa today refuted allegations that he used Raj Bhawan as headquarters of BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and said he was working under the ambit of the Constitution.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today termed imposition of President's Rule as the "darkest" day in the history of Arunachal Pradesh.

After two days of political drama, the Gauhati High Court has put on hold the assembly proceedings in Arunachal Pradesh, providing a breather to the Congress government which was "voted out" and a Speaker who was "impeached", by a group of BJP and rebel Congress lawmakers operating from makeshift premises. The court's interim order has put a freeze...