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BJP, Congress scramble to form Uttarakhand government
Wednesday March 07, 2012 06:35:47 PM,
IANS
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Dehradun: The
Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) separately tried to woo
independent and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lawmakers Wednesday as
uncertainty persisted over the formation of a new government in
Uttarakhand following a fractured mandate in the 70-member
assembly.
The Congress said it had the first right to be invited to form the
government being the single largest party with 32 members - three
short of a simple majority.
But the BJP claimed it was in the race too and was in talks with
non-Congress lawmakers to win their support.
The newly elected house has three independents, three BSP members
and one from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal-Panwar - who hold the key
to a new government in the state.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi said the party has
the numbers and should be called to form the government.
Echoing his leader's views, Uttarakhand Congress chief Yashpal
Arya told reporters here: "We are the single largest party. It is
a parliamentary practice that the single largest party is first
invited to form the government,"
Arya expressed confidence that the Congress had the numbers to
stake claim and lead the new government in the hill state where no
political party managed to cross the magic figure of 35.
"We have got the numbers. We will form the government. Three
independents have pledged support. We are talking with others too.
Our number will touch 38. We will form the government after Holi,"
he said.
He said a delegation of party leaders from the state would be
traveling to Delhi and meet Sonia Gandhi who will nominate the new
Congress chief minister.
But the BJP, which has 31 members in the newly elected house, also
claimed it had the support of independent lawmakers and would
stake claim to form government.
Senior BJP leaders, former party president Rajnath Singh and
Ananth Kumar, flew down to Dehradun and held a meeting to discuss
a strategy to gather support to form the government
"No possibility can be ruled out," Rajnath Singh told reporter
after the meeting.
Outgoing BJP Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri, who lost the election,
said his party was "looking at those who are willing to support
and on what terms and conditions".
"A normal procedure is there. Back channel, front channel, all
channels are open," Khanduri said.
Asked about the Congress staking its claim, the chief minister
said: "I don't know what they have done. As far as my knowledge
goes, a party stakes its claim only after the Election Commission
issues full notice."
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