Congress today attacked the Narendra Modi government charging it with using the Arunachal Pradesh Governor in a bid to remove Chief Minister Nabam Tuki in the the north-eastern state by seeking to turn the party's 80 per cent majority into minority.
Demanding immediate removal of the Governor Jyoti Prashad Rajkhowa, party General Secretary V Narainsamy and spokesman Abhishek Singhvi accused him of acting as Chief Minister, Speaker and state BJP chief in attempts to destabilise the democratically-elected government.
They told reporters that approaching the President and taking legal recourse are some of the options before the party.
"What is happening in Arunachal is height of dictatorship. The Governor is acting like a puppet-Chief Minister, Speaker and state BJP President all rolled into one. He should be removed instantly, without delay", Singhvi said.
The Congress spokesman alleged that the developments in Arunachal Pradesh were "unprecedented" in independent India when the office of the Governor was being "misused" by the Centre to destabilise a state government when Parliament session is on.
Besides, he said it was "unprecedented" because the state was witnessing "de-facto President's rule" without imposition of central rule.
"BJP is set to create destabilisation and uncertainity in the sensitive border state. What we are seeing is a new dictionary, new definition of cooperative federalism authored by the Prime Minister", he alleged.
Taking a dig at the Prime Minister, he said the targeting of opposition leader in Gujarat Shankersinh Vaghela by CBI, raid on the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, booing of former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the raid on the Delhi Chief Minister was part of the "new ethos of cooperative federalism".
