Hope PM Modi learnt his lesson: Rahul Gandhi on floor test victory

With the Uttarakhand Congress on the ninth cloud after winning the crucial floor test with a majority, party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that this was the clear victory of democracy and hoped that Prime Minister Narendra Modi learnt his 'lesson' that the nation won't tolerate the murder of democracy.

"Hope Modiji learns his lesson-ppl of this country &the institutions built by our founding fathers will not tolerate the murder of democracy! They did their worst. We did our best. Democracy won in Uttarakhand," Rahul tweeted.

Victory resounded for the Congress Party in the decisive floor test as the Supreme Court today announced that the grand old party now has the majority in the state assembly.

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the apex court that the Centre is revoking the President's Rule from the hill state as it has been proved that former chief minister Harish Rawat has got the majority on the floor of House.

Celebrations broke out at the Congress office in Uttarakhand as the party workers were seen congratulating each other and exchanging sweets.

The Congress won by a margin of 33-28 in the floor test yesterday.

The AG told the apex court that they are likely to complete proceedings to revoke President's rule in Uttarakhand today and the matter will be taken up day after tomorrow for placing the record.

The Harish Rawat-led Congress government sought a vote of confidence in the assembly yesterday following an apex court order.

With nine Congress rebels barred from voting, the strength of the 71-member assembly was 62. Sources said 28 MLAs voted for the BJP.

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party has asserted that despite the victory, Rawat will not get away with the corruption charges levelled against him.

"We are rest assured that the BJP-led opposition in Uttarakhand, which had started a movement four years ago against the corruption and the ill practices of the Congress government, has been successful. It has been proved through the stings of Harish Rawat and later on his own minister Madan Singh exposed that they have given money to their MLAs," Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt told ANI.