BV Acharya former advocate general.: The governor has recommended President’s rule citing various reasons including corruption, horse trading and violation of constitutional propriety. “But at present there is no constitutional crisis. Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa-led government is functioning with absolute majority. According to me, the Union cabinet has to reject the governor’s report,”
Ashok Harnahalli advocate-general : It is not easy to impose president’s rule in the state. The current situation in the state is not fit for invoking Article 356 and impose president’s rule. If the Union government decides to impose president’s rule in the Karnataka, it may have to face serious consequences. Though the governor has said that the BJP government is involved in corruption, allowed breakdown of constitutional machinery in the state and was not functioning properly, the Union government cannot take a decision based on the report now that the situation has changed with the rebel BJP MLAs deciding to support the government.
KV Dhananjay Supreme Court advocate: The governor’s recommendation to keep the assembly under suspended animation is inexplicable. The governor’s action is complete denigration of his duties, as specified in the SR Bommai case. No constitutional breakdown is visible apparently or even on closer inspection. No governor is expected to recommend imposition of the president’s rule six months after certain acts of commission and omission by the chief minister and the speaker. If the recommendation of the governor were to be acted upon, the democratic tradition of this country is bound to suffer further.
MB Nargund High court advocate: Governor’s recommendation as a “political move”. The governor has committed a blunder. First, the recommendation is against the provisions of law. Second, it is against the well established rules elaborated by the Supreme Court in the Bommai case. Even if the UPA government accepts the governor’s report, it will be definitely set aside by the court of law.
Missing The Point
Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's parading 114 of his MLAs - with more letters of support - in Delhi was a show of strength which gave the lie to Karnataka governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj's call for President's rule. Bhardwaj's recommendation just doesn't add up, despite his relying on numbers in the assembly and a Supreme Court ruling. Neither leads to the governor's conclusions which not only devalue his judgment but also raise suspicions about his ability to act in the non-partisan manner expected of a governor.
Unfortunately real problems of governance which threaten the future of the state have been ignored thanks to Bhardwaj's fatuous and repeated insistence on imposing President's rule. He did so last year but this time around his recommendation's been prompted by the Supreme Court reversing the Karnataka high court's decision last year to disqualify 11 rebel BJP MLAs and five independents. The rebellion reduced Yeddyurappa's government to a minority in the 225-member assembly, but simultaneously the rebel MLAs were also disqualified. Hence, though Bhardwaj ordered a floor test, Yeddyurappa won it with 106 votes for and 100 against. Now that the rebel MLAs have been reinstated, Bhardwaj claims they're not BJP. Hence the assertion Yeddyurappa's running a minority government. But that's ignoring the facts. Ten of the rebels have returned to the fold and the BJP still maintains the lead.
Rajdeep Sardesai
When out of work netas become governors, they are extremely dangerous. HR Bhardwaj is the latest example.
Governors should be people of stature, not political hatchetmen. Raj Bhavans cant be addas for bringing down govts.
Barkha Dutt:
Karnataka and yeddy govt are bjps albatross in anti corruption campaign. But gives no basis to unconstitutionally oust govt minus floor test
If the congress has an iota of smartness it will reject the karnataka governor report. Raj bhawans role not to “acquire” assemblies.
Irony is Bharadwaj manages, every time, to make Yeddy look like the nice guy. The congress should consider dismissing him instead.
Sagarika Ghose:
Why is governor Bhardwaj acting like an opposition leader in Ktaka? Undermining office and stature of Raj Bhavan.
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