The CPI(M) has said that dissolution of the Assembly by Governor Satyapal Malik confirms that he has imposed in Jammu and Kashmir whatever suits the BJP.
CPI(M) MLA Mohammad Yousuf Taigami on Thursday said that the decision of Governor Malik to abruptly dissolve the Assembly was taken in haste and not keeping in mind the constitutional spirit.
“Why was not the Assembly dissolved when the previous coalition government fell in June? Probably to find possibilities to form a new alliance,” he said in a statement.
But no party came forward for forming the government till yesterday and the Assembly continued to remain in suspended animation. When major political parties started consultations for the government formation and when PDP, which was the single largest party in the outgoing Assembly, reportedly staked claim to form the government, the Assembly was dissolved in haste.
Taigami said that the options before the Governor were to provide them an opportunity to be heard and discuss the contours of the new alliance with them. But the BJP Government in Delhi got so unnerved with the talks for formation of a popular government in infancy stage, that they dissolved the state assembly.
“Unfortunately constitutional procedures were not followed. The Governor, who had declared days ago that the assembly would not be dissolved, lost no time in going for dissolution,” Tarigami said.
He said that the CPI(M) is more concerned about the principles involved. This procedure has been adopted in the past also which eroded the trust of common people in democratic institutions. May be the Governor took the decision on the instructions of ruling party in New Delhi, he added.