My Govt stable, crisis created by Governor, claims Arunachal CM

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki on Thursday said "his popularly elected government is stable", and alleged that the crisis was created by Governor J.P. Rajkhowa

"It's a popularly elected government. There is no crisis from our side, it is created by the Governor," he told ANI.

A no confidence motion was moved by 11 BJP MLAs and two Independents on Thursday, which was adopted by Deputy Speaker T. Norbu Thongdok, a "rebel Congressman" in the Chair.

As many as 33 members of the 60-member House, including 20 Congress dissidents, later elected Kalikho Pul, another Congressman dissident, as the new Chief Minister.

Chief Minister Tuki and 26 MLAs supporting him boycotted the proceedings, dubbing as "illegal and unconstitutional".

"The 14 dissidents are not rebels, as they have already lost membership of the party. They don't attend party's meet, and are directly going to the media. They were found attending BJP meets, hence disqualified. At present, the assembly has just 44 members, of them 11 are from the BJP and two Independents," Tuki said, while buttressing his claims.

He said he had written to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and appealed to them to save democracy.

"I believe in the judiciary, and the Assam High Court has stayed the orders of the Governor till February1. The composite floor test is illegal, since the assembly session is not called, and the matter is sub judice," he added.

Meanwhile, the Congress on Thursday said there could be no business in the Rajya Sabha, because of the recent political developments in Arunachal Pradesh.

Briefing media in New Delhi, leader of opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Central government is using the Governor, who is upholder of the Constitution, for political gains.

He alleged that the Centre is trying to destabilise Arunchal Pradesh government.

In reply to a query, another spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala clarified that the Congress Party has not called any of its state leaders to Delhi on December19.